Blogs
CIMMYT empowers a new generation of maize breeders in Zambia
Capacity development
CIMMYT conducted a training course in Zambia for maize breeders teaching modern maize breeding methods.
Big data for development research
Capacity development
Both private and public sector research organizations must adopt data management strategies that keep up with the advent of big data if we hope to effectively and accurately conduct research.
Yield gap analysis key to meeting future crop demand
Nutrition, health and food security
The Global Yield Gap Atlas (GYGA) can help identify where major crop yields are not increasing fast enough to meet demand on existing farmland, and how farmers might close those gaps.
CIMMYT delegation meets with Turkey’s Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Livestock
Nutrition, health and food security
Drought-tolerant maize to the rescue as hunger threatens 1.5 million in Zimbabwe
Climate adaptation and mitigation
CIMMYT and its partners are working to increase the productivity of maize-based farming systems to ensure food security and increase incomes.
Global conference underscores complex socio-economic role of wheat
Capacity development
A recent gathering of more than 600 scientists highlighted the complexity of wheat as a crop and emphasized the key role wheat research plays in ensuring global food security.
CIMMYT wheat breeder Ravi Singh wins China’s Friendship Award
Nutrition, health and food security
Gains in China’s agricultural productivity over the past 30 years are due in large measure to smallholder farmers who have readily adopted innovative farming practices.
Transforming maize farming failures to successes in Kenya’s drylands
Capacity development
KDV4 is one of the DT varieties sold in Kenya’s eastern drylands alongside other improved varieties, developed by CIMMYT.
Changing the pace of maize breeding in Africa through doubled-haploid technology
Capacity development
Two words – accelerated breeding – are synonymous to doubled-haploid (DH) based maize breeding. This was the core message shared with 56 maize breeders from 10 African countries who recently participated in a two-day training workshop organized by CIMMYT’s Global Maize Program (GMP) in Nairobi, Kenya, from September 23–24, 2015. The breeders benefited from the knowledge and experience of resource persons from public and private institutions in France, Germany and USA who have dedicated years of research on the DH technology that is changing the pace of maize breeding.
New cookbook features your favorite maize and wheat recipes
Nutrition, health and food security
Crowd-sourced “A Grain a Day” cookbook released to coincide with World Food Day highlights significant role maize and wheat play in the human diet.