Features
New varieties reignite maize production in Pakistan
New maize varieties have the potential to increase production, enhance nutrition and strengthen national industry in Pakistan.
Award recognizes agronomist Ram Malik for successes in India’s rice-wheat systems
Ram Kanwar Malik recognized for 30 years of improving India’s rice-wheat systems.
Millions of smallholders in Africa benefit from climate resilient drought-tolerant maize
At least 40 million smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are profiting from more than 200 new drought-tolerant varieties of maize.
Tackling challenges to cereal production through cross-crop collaborations
Cropping systems can become more resilient in the face of climate change through better coordination and standardization.
Global wheat breeding provides billions in benefits, CIMMYT study shows
Almost half the world’s wheat land is sown to varieties that come directly or indirectly from research by CGIAR scientists, according to a new report.
Scientists aim to adapt wheat to a warmer climate with less water
Scientists battling to increase wheat production by more than 60 percent over the next 35 years to meet projected demand are optimistic that they have begun to unravel some genetic mysteries.
At 50-year mark, CIMMYT scientists strive for gender equity
Efforts to meet agricultural needs of women farmers to bolster global food security took shape in CIMMYT’s early days.
Participatory approaches to gender in agricultural development
For gender specialist Mulunesh Tsegaye participatory approaches are the best way of ensuring agricultural development projects are responsive to gender dynamics.
A granny’s boundless resilience and strength, a pillar for women maize farmers
Women play a major role in African agriculture. Purity Wanjiku, of Kenya, is a pillar for women in her village who depend on her land to grow food for their families.
Researchers race to rescue wheat sample in war-torn Syria
With Syria torn apart by civil war, a team of scientists in Mexico and Morocco are rushing to save a vital sample of wheat’s ancient and massive genetic diversity, sealed in seed collections of an international research center formerly based in Aleppo but forced to leave during 2012-13.
NAAS fellow M.L. Jat talks climate change, sustainable agriculture
Senior Scientist M.L. Jat has received India’s National Academy of Agricultural Sciences fellowship in Natural Resource Management for his “outstanding contributions in developing and scaling” conservation agriculture-based management technologies.
New book details benefits of holistic approach to agricultural development in Mexico
A book titled Options Available for Implementing MasAgro Technologies has been published which analyzes the options available for implementing sustainable agricultural practices and technologies in 23 Mexican entities
Learning partnerships turn research into results for Mexican agriculture
The Seeds of Discovery (SeeD) project seeks to empower the next generation of Mexican scientists to use maize and wheat biodiversity to effectively meet the needs of Mexican agriculture in the future.
Rebuilding livelihoods: CIMMYT helps Nepalese farmers recover from earthquake
USAID-Nepal has provided US$1 million to the CIMMYT-led Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia in Nepal (CSISA-NP) for earthquake relief and recovery.
Inaugural Paula Kantor Award recognizes work on agriculture, gender, improved diets
Post-doctoral fellow Soumya Gupta is the winner of the inaugural Paula Kantor Award for Excellence in Field Research, the International Centre for Research on Women announces.