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As processed food products gain popularity in Mexico City, researchers are keen to understand variation in access to healthier maize- and wheat-based foods across differences in purchasing power.

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How can space technology help improve maize and wheat production? CIMMYT joined a group of international data users in a recent project to find out.

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Briquetted urea and polymer-coated urea more efficient as maize fertilizers than regular urea, researchers in Nepal find.

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How green manure and conservation agriculture are transforming the lives of farmers in eastern Zimbabwe.

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Agriculture leaders of eastern and southern Africa encourage wider adoption of conservation agriculture for the benefit of farmers, consumers and the environment.

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In annual meeting, STMA project partners build on the successes of research in combatting drought, heat, pests and disease.

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CIMMYT’s mechanization team is in a quest to build the perfect machine for each farmer.

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Scientists track down the families in Morelos, Mexico, who donated maize landraces to CIMMYT in 1966-67. Would they still be cultivating them?

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Cynthia Carmona on her transition from grant management in Mexico to project management in Nepal.

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New study shows African farming households are far more dependent on labor markets, and much more inclined to hire mechanization services, than previously assumed.

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He supports breeders to design new varieties focused on replacing older products in a specific market.

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On World Health Day, we are sharing five stories showing how CIMMYT is combatting hidden hunger and how agricultural research and innovation leads to healthier families, improved livelihoods and a healthier planet.

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Researchers are using data and tools to produce information that can help farmers, research institutions and governments take better decisions on agronomic practices and investments.

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How important is farming relative to non-farm activities for the income of young rural Africans?

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By reducing drudgery, irrigation and costs, conservation agriculture enables the soil of the charlands to produce rice and maize yields consecutively.