Blogs
Coronavirus lockdown diets look the same the world over: Bread, beans, and comfort food
Environmental health and biodiversity
Source: Fortune (18 Apr 2020)
Biodiversity loss poses dangers for the robustness of the environment, the safety of our food supply chain and potential exposure to pandemics.
Conservation agriculture key to better income, environment protection: Study
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: The Hindu Business Line (17 Apr 2020)
New study in India reports conservation agriculture increases crop yield and income, reduces the use of natural resources, and offers climate benefits.
Breaking Ground: Sylvanus Odjo finds the right technology for each farmer
Innovations
CIMMYT postharvest specialist tests drying and storage technologies to help reduce grain losses.
Conservation agriculture key in meeting UN Sustainable Development Goals
Climate adaptation and mitigation
New analysis shows benefits of conservation agriculture to crop performance, water efficiency and climate action in South Asia.
The value of research on plant resistance to insects
Nutrition, health and food security
Entomologist and CIMMYT partner Mike Smith explains the importance of documenting the economic value of crop pest research.
Concerned experts ask world leaders to head off a global food security crisis from COVID-19
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
The number of the world’s hungry could double and trade restrictions will harm food importing nations, experts say.
A less risky business
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Through new project, tools and insurance services will help small farmers in eastern Africa reduce investment risks and losses related to climate.
Why Conserving Biodiversity Is Crucial to Prevent Future Pandemics
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: The Wire (14 Apr 2020)
Biodiversity loss creates new opportunities for pathogens to move from one species to another.
Don’t forget about the impact of COVID-19 on the rural poor and on food security
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
The Scaling Up community of practice discusses challenges and opportunities for an improved “new normal” for agriculture, research and development.
Arms Race Part 1: Ug99
Environmental health and biodiversity
Source: Plantopia (9 Apr 2020)
CIMMYT senior scientist Dave Hodson discusses striking parallels between wheat rust and global human epidemics on new podcast.
Safeguarding biodiversity is essential to prevent the next COVID-19
Environmental health and biodiversity
Experts share their insights on the link between biodiversity loss and emerging infectious diseases.
Collective efforts to fight fall armyworm in Nepal
Capacity development
Stakeholders work together to strengthen systems for detecting, mitigating and managing the invasion of the destructive pest.
Crossing boundaries
Nutrition, health and food security
Looking at wheat diseases in times of the COVID-19 crisis.
Seeing is believing
Climate adaptation and mitigation
At demonstration farms, Kenyan farmers discover the stress-tolerant maize varieties they were looking for.
One-minute science: Cesar Petroli and genomic profiles
Capacity development
Developing genomic profiles of DNA samples can accelerate the breeding process.