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Breaking Ground: Tawanda Mashonganyika unites crop breeders and market experts for more impactful varieties
Climate adaptation and mitigationHe supports breeders to design new varieties focused on replacing older products in a specific market.
Fighting hidden hunger with agricultural innovation
Nutrition, health and food securityOn 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.
How the data revolution could help design better agronomic investments
InnovationsResearchers are using data and tools to produce information that can help farmers, research institutions and governments take better decisions on agronomic practices and investments.
Exploring young Africans’ role and engagement in the rural economy
Capacity developmentHow important is farming relative to non-farm activities for the income of young rural Africans?
Sustainable intensification practices build resilience in Bangladesh’s charlands
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionBy reducing drudgery, irrigation and costs, conservation agriculture enables the soil of the charlands to produce rice and maize yields consecutively.
Solving the “last mile” challenge of maize seeds
Nutrition, health and food securityReaching even the most remote corners of Africa, agrodealers give farmers access to agricultural inputs and services.
The Molecular Maize Atlas encourages genetic diversity
Environmental health and biodiversityWith so much germplasm to categorize, what’s the best way to label them? Seeds of Discovery is working on the answer.
Support groups open women’s access to farm technologies in northeast India
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionSelf-help groups in Bihar are putting thousands of rural women in touch with agricultural innovations, benefiting households and the environment.
Breaking Ground: Rahma Adam unleashes the agricultural productivity of Africa’s women and youth
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionCIMMYT sociologist believes there is one vital resource that remains untapped to increase food security and boost livelihoods.
International Women’s Day 2019: Women in seed systems in Africa
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionThese entrepreneurs are breaking social barriers while improving household nutrition and livelihoods.
Drought-tolerant hybrid seed offers farmers reprieve from hunger
Capacity developmentFarmers are reaping the benefits of SAWA hybrid, an improved maize seed variety designed to withstand drought conditions.
Policy forum in Mozambique recommends scaling sustainable agriculture practices
Capacity developmentUnsustainable farming practices like monocropping are impacting soil health and reducing the productivity of farms.
Breaking Ground: Fernando H. Toledo researches new models of analysis under simulated scenarios
Climate adaptation and mitigationToledo’s research is multidisciplinary — it involves genetics and breeding knowledge, as well as statistics and computer science.
Precision planters boost maize yields in Pakistan
InnovationsIn the northwestern province of Pakistan, CIMMYT is helping connect farmers with precision planters to support higher maize yields and incomes.
Meet the role models for the next generation of women and girls in science
Capacity developmentAbdul Fatah, Khanal and Molero are helping pave the way for the next generation of female scientists.