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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Social inequality, including gender discrimination, hinders the potential for economic development, a key focus of the agriculture for development community.