Features
New findings on gender gap in conservation agriculture
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionInterview with Clare Stirling, co-author of a new paper, reveals almost no conservation agriculture studies consider gender and gender relations as a factor that may explain low adoption rates.
Study reveals challenges in southern Africa’s soil carbon uptake
Climate adaptation and mitigationReviewing progress and impacts of two core maize projects as they wind up work in sub-Saharan Africa
Climate adaptation and mitigationMaintaining a diverse landscape in maize- and wheat-based systems to ensure a nutritious diet
Nutrition, health and food securityCereal Systems Initiative for South Asia enters Phase III: focus on scalability and strategic partnerships
Nutrition, health and food securityCIMMYT is recognized for its role in strengthening Malawi’s maize seed system
Nutrition, health and food securityCIMMYT receives an award in recognition of its efforts and contributions towards developing and strengthening Malawi’s maize seed system
Drought-tolerant maize to the rescue as hunger threatens 1.5 million in Zimbabwe
Climate adaptation and mitigationCIMMYT and its partners are working to increase the productivity of maize-based farming systems to ensure food security and increase incomes.
CIMMYT wheat breeder Ravi Singh wins China’s Friendship Award
Nutrition, health and food securityGains in China’s agricultural productivity over the past 30 years are due in large measure to smallholder farmers who have readily adopted innovative farming practices.
Transforming maize farming failures to successes in Kenya’s drylands
Capacity developmentKDV4 is one of the DT varieties sold in Kenya’s eastern drylands alongside other improved varieties, developed by CIMMYT.
Changing the pace of maize breeding in Africa through doubled-haploid technology
Capacity developmentTwo words – accelerated breeding – are synonymous to doubled-haploid (DH) based maize breeding. This was the core message shared with 56 maize breeders from 10 African countries who recently participated in a two-day training workshop organized by CIMMYT’s Global Maize Program (GMP) in Nairobi, Kenya, from September 23–24, 2015. The breeders benefited from the knowledge and experience of resource persons from public and private institutions in France, Germany and USA who have dedicated years of research on the DH technology that is changing the pace of maize breeding.
Un libro que rinde homenaje a las “cientĂficas anĂłnimas” con motivo del DĂa Internacional de las Mujeres Rurales
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionRural women play a critical role in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security and eradicating rural poverty, providing innumerable benefits to agricultural systems around the world at all levels of the value chain, but their contributions often go unrecognized.
Book celebrates maize “secret scientists” on International Day of Rural Women
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionRural women play a critical role in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security and eradicating rural poverty.
India visit: Dr. Martin Kropff, Director General, CIMMYT
Capacity developmentSummary of CIMMYT Director General Martin Kropff visit to different research sites in several states of India, 28 September – 2 October, 2016.