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Smallholder farmers to gain from targeted CRISPR-Cas9 crop breeding
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
How a seed bank in Mexico produces data to help alleviate poverty
Scientist Kevin Pixley leads a project to catalogue 178,000 corn and wheat seeds at the CIMMYT seed bank near Mexico City.
Improved wheat helps reduce women’s workload in rural Afghanistan
New research shows improved wheat raises the quality of life for men and women across rural communities in Afghanistan.
Three technologies that are changing agriculture in Bangladesh
In agrarian countries like Bangladesh, agriculture can serve as a powerful driving force to raise family incomes and the nation’s entire economy.
Breaking Ground: Francelino Rodrigues on high-tech farming
Francelino Rodrigues’ expertise in precision agriculture brings a high-tech element to CIMMYT’s field trials.
Breaking Ground: Scientist L.M. Suresh uses new technology to fight maize lethal necrosis disease in eastern Africa
Maize lethal necrosis (MLN) disease is putting maize production at risk in eastern Africa, escalating food insecurity in the region.
Breaking Ground: Dagne Wegary at a busy intersection on the maize value chain
As a maize seed system specialist, Dagne Wegary works at the nexus between breeding science and actual delivery of improved seed to farmers.
Breaking Ground: Mainassara Zaman-Allah uses remote sensing to expedite phenotyping
Mainassara Zaman-Allah uses new technologies to speed up the collection of plant information for breeding.
Breaking Ground: More data on gender roles key for a food secure world, says Anya Umantseva
Social inequality, including gender discrimination, hinders the potential for economic development, a key focus of the agriculture for development community.
Breaking Ground: AbduRahman Beshir is revitalizing Pakistan’s maize sector
AbduRahman Beshir and his team are developing climate-resilient, biofortified and biotic stress-tolerant maize to enhance the maize seed sector.
Seed certification critical to quality seed production
To ensure that quality seed standards are maintained, CIMMYT supports partners such as national agricultural research institutions and seed producers in acquisition and production of pure early generation seed.
Breaking Ground: Crop simulation models help Balwinder Singh predict future challenges
Balwinder Singh uses crop simulation models to help smallholder farmers in South Asia prepare for future climates and unexpected challenges.
Q+A: Women in Triticum award provides development opportunities and support networks for women in agriculture
Margaret Krause, a doctoral candidate in Plant Breeding at Cornell University, became interested in science and nature at an early age.
Breaking Ground: Vijay Chaikam develops doubled haploid lines to accelerate maize breeding
Vijay Chaikam works as a scientist and manager at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center doubled haploid facility in Kiboko, Kenya.