Blogs

In the media

tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

Source: France 24 (19 Nov 2019)

B.M. Prasanna, Director of CIMMYT’s Global Maize Program, speaks on CIMMYT’s work to help farmers in the context of the aflatoxin crisis in Kenya.

In the media

tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

Source: Seed World (19 Nov 2019)

While food production must rise order to feed a growing population and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, wheat can play a big role in this process.

In the media

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Source: All Africa (16 Nov 2019)

CIMMYT, EIAR and partners launched a digital agro-climate advisory platform.

In the media

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Source: The Reporter (16 Nov 2019)

New platform will put resilience at the center of livelihoods in response to rising populations, growing food demand and ecological crisis.

Features

tag icon Innovations

Stress-tolerant maize varieties are transforming lives in northern Uganda.

News

tag icon Innovations

Hans-Joachim Braun and Alexey Morgunov receive awards and fellowships at annual meeting of crop science peers.

In the media

tag icon Innovations

Source: Down to Earth (13 Nov 2019)

The state of Haryana has supplied machines like the Happy Seeder to farmers, who saw costs drop and yields increase this year.

In the media

tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

Source: The Avon Valley and Wheat Belt Advocate (13 Nov 2019)

Four wheat lines from CIMMYT and ICARDA showed good resistance to fungal disease stagonospora nodorum blotch in assessment.

Blogs

tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

The effect of factors limiting production differs across regions, researchers observe.

News

tag icon Innovations

Head of CIMMYT Wheat Germplasm Bank receives Frank N. Meyer Medal for contributions to germplasm collection, conservation and use.

In the media

tag icon Innovations

Source: Deustche Welle (8 Nov 2019)

CIMMYT scientist M.L. Jat argues that India now needs to undergo a second, “evergreen” revolution, driven by technology such as the happy seeder.

In the media

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Source: L'Economiste (5 Nov 2019)

CIMMYT, ICARDA and the Adaptation of African Agriculture Initiative join forces to prevent small farmers from suffering the effects of climate change.

Press releases

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New research describes a revolutionary early warning system that can predict and mitigate wheat rust diseases in Ethiopia.

News

tag icon Capacity development

Visit to CIMMYT headquarters reaffirms research collaboration.

Features

tag icon Capacity development

Scientists mobilize African and Latin American knowledge to protect Asia’s maize.