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World Food Day 2020: Nourishing food systems
Climate adaptation and mitigationWe need to make sure our food systems grow a variety of food to nourish a growing population and sustain the planet.
Breaking Ground: Isaiah Nyagumbo advances climate-smart technologies to improve smallholder farming systems
Climate adaptation and mitigationSystems agronomist transforms farmers’ livelihoods through improved crop performance and soil health, promoting sustainable techniques that mitigate climate change effects.
Starting with a seed
Capacity developmentInclusive seed business model empowers women from marginalized communities in Nepal.
Empowered rural women take on entrepreneurship
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionWomen in Odisha, India, successfully shoulder responsibility in leading their families through the COVID-19 crisis.
En route to improved agronomic literacy
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionWomen in rural Nepal prosper from training program on soil fertility management practices.
Q&A: How blockchain can create social and environmental impacts
InnovationsSusanne Köhler discusses how this technology can be used to increase the resilience of individuals, communities and ecosystems.
Women find a role in Bangladesh’s agricultural mechanization sector
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionTechnical and business training provides women with opportunities to break barriers and improve livelihoods.
Breaking Ground: Jordan Chamberlin avidly explores the changing landscapes of Africa
InnovationsCIMMYT spatial economist studies how economic behavior varies across diverse geographical contexts, how smallholder farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa are evolving, and the need to revisit agricultural resources and policies accordingly.
Tangible agricultural solutions shine at first online AGRF
InnovationsCIMMYT puts forward integrated systems, healthy diets and One CGIAR agronomic innovation at first-ever virtual edition of the African Green Revolution Forum.
Partners in nutrition
Nutrition, health and food securityStrong partnerships key to making healthy diets affordable and meeting global nutrition challenges, says CIMMYT researcher Natalia Palacios at 2020 African Green Revolution Forum.
A track record of delivering local solutions with a global perspective
External review confirms the impact and achievements of the CGIAR Research Program on Wheat and its vital partnerships.
East Africa partners welcome “new era” in wheat breeding collaboration
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionExperts from Ethiopia and Kenya join CIMMYT and other partners to renew a long-standing collaboration under the auspices of the new AGG project.
Collaborating to accelerate genetic gains in maize and wheat
InnovationsTremendous impact is arising from the longstanding cooperation between CIMMYT’s maize and wheat programs and national programs in countries where CIMMYT works.
Matching nutrients to agroforestry systems for greater maize and wheat yields
InnovationsCase studies from Ethiopia and Rwanda show adaptable fertilizer rates may help tree-based smallholder farmers, thus providing them with options to cope with COVID-19-imposed fertilizer shortages.
Reaching women with improved maize and wheat
Climate adaptation and mitigationThe new AGG project aims to respond to the climate emergency and gender nexus through gender-intentional product profiles for its improved seed varieties and gender-intentional seed delivery pathways.