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Farmers in India are benefitting from technological innovations that can help prevent damaging smog levels in the capital Delhi and other areas.

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New insurance products geared towards smallholder farmers can help them recover their losses, and even encourage investment in climate-resilient innovations.

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India needs to tackle greenhouse gas emissions from its rice and livestock sectors according to a study by CIMMYT and partners.

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World Food Prize laureates have joined forces with an international alliance battling the fall armyworm, an aggressive pest indigenous to the Americas with a voracious appetite, and now widespread throughout Africa.

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Scientist Clare Stirling describes how agriculture can reduce its emissions and adapt to climate change.

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Gene editing technology could revolutionize the way scientists breed high-yielding drought, disease and pest resistant, high quality plant seeds, greatly reducing the time it currently takes to develop new varieties

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Scientist Kevin Pixley leads a project to catalogue 178,000 corn and wheat seeds at the CIMMYT seed bank near Mexico City.

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New research shows improved wheat raises the quality of life for men and women across rural communities in Afghanistan.

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In agrarian countries like Bangladesh, agriculture can serve as a powerful driving force to raise family incomes and the nation’s entire economy.

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Francelino Rodrigues’ expertise in precision agriculture brings a high-tech element to CIMMYT’s field trials.

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Maize lethal necrosis (MLN) disease is putting maize production at risk in eastern Africa, escalating food insecurity in the region.

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As a maize seed system specialist, Dagne Wegary works at the nexus between breeding science and actual delivery of improved seed to farmers.

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Mainassara Zaman-Allah uses new technologies to speed up the collection of plant information for breeding.