Blogs
Fall armyworm research, development and extension for horticulture
Capacity development
Teams from Queensland DAF, Agriculture Victoria and others joined B.M. Prasanna, CIMMYT’s Maize Program Director, to discuss fall armyworm management and explore future collaboration on plant health.
Empowering local mechanics for sustainable machinery maintenance
Capacity development
Training workshop for Zimbabwean mechanics guarantees efficient machinery service under USAID-funded Mechanization Activity.
Growing ‘more with less’: Zimbabwe’s vision for food security
Source: The Herald (6 Nov 2023)
CIMMYT continues to serve Zimbabwe through the development and scaling of climate-resilient and nutritious maize varieties.
Integrating gender into crop breeding
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Innovative approaches to incorporating gender considerations into Seed Production Technology for Africa.
Bringing Space to Place: Transforming African Agriculture with Better SOILS
Capacity development
Source: IFDC (5 Nov 2023)
A statement by FAO Director-General QU Dongyu- Borlaug World Food Prize
Source: FAO (6 Nov 2023)
FAO director general, QU Dongyu, honors memories with Dr. Borlaug at CIMMYT in 2006.
EU-funded project refurbishes Gwanda veterinary lab, boosting livestock disease control
Environmental health and biodiversity
Source: CITE (3 Nov 2023)
CIMMYT collaborates to enhance disease control for livestock, assisting smallholder farmers.
Say yes, and figure out what gives you energy
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Diane Holdorf shares what keeps her grounded and helps her bring her best self to work.
India transforms wheat for the world
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: Ukr Agroconsult (1 Nov 2023)
The need to consider biological actors as an influence when studying market agencies
Environmental health and biodiversity
CIMMYT researcher receives Heroes Award
Innovations
Honor recognizes improvement in the nutritional content of wheat.
New partnership announced to protect Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique by improving agricultural livelihoods and crop systems
Environmental health and biodiversity
GRP and CIMMYT signed up cooperation framework at Borlaug Dialogue organized by the World Food Prize Foundation.
Researchers propose a unified, scalable framework to measure agricultural greenhouse gas emissions
Capacity development
Source: Life Technology (30 Oct 2023)
AGREE, created by UC Davis and CIMMYT, helps analyze emissions from diverse agricultural activities.
Investment in Wheat Pathogen Surveillance
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: Medium (30 Oct 2023)
Sainsbury Lab, John Innes Centre and 21 institutes, led by CIMMYT, join forces to monitor plant pathogens and improve wheat productivity in East Africa and South Asia.
