Features
Nutritious vitamin A orange maize boosts health and livelihoods in Zimbabwe
Nutrition, health and food security
As Zimbabwe’s child malnutrition rate peaks above the international threshold for emergency response, nutritious vitamin A orange maize gains ground on the national market.
Breaking Ground: Tom Hagen brings IT expertise to crop breeding
Innovations
Tom Hagen is combining his expertise in crop breeding and IT to help researchers and farmers be more successful.
Preserving native maize and culture in Mexico
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Indigenous farmers in Oaxaca are custodians of maize biodiversity, growing seeds passed down over generations.
Breaking Ground: Lorena Gonzalez fast-forwards action on hunger using technology
Innovations
Intrigued by the unique relationship food crops have to their geographical environment, Lorena Gonzalez dedicated her passion for geomatic technology to collect site-specific farm data that is revolutionizing the way researchers tackle hunger.
Breaking Ground: Terry Molnar uses native maize varieties to find novel traits for breeding
Terry Molnar is helping farmers face these challenges by using the natural diversity of plants to unlock desirable genetic traits inside food crops.
Scientists seek key to boost yields, ensure future food supply
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Crop genetic gains remain too low, and international scientists are making a concerted effort to determine how best to increase yields.
Breaking ground: Mike Olsen uses new technology to improve farmer’s yields
Innovations
Mike Olsen, upstream research coordinator for CIMMYT maize program, works with scientists to use new technologies to increase breeding program efficiency and genetic gain.
CIMMYT promotes gender awareness in agriculture research and development in Ethiopia
Capacity development
Gender awareness and gender-sensitive approaches are slowly spreading into agricultural research, extension, and policy in Ethiopia, according to industry experts.
Ag women speak out for International Day of Girls and Women in Science
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
To celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science, CIMMYT asked women involved in agricultural science to share their views on what they would like to see change.
Are you a wizard or a prophet?
Nutrition, health and food security
New book highlights our relationship with nature and humanity’s future and tackles the age-old question: Can we control nature or are we, like all other species, bound by its laws?