In the media
Mexico wants to remain the maize nation
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: Excelsior (26 Jan 2020)
CIMMYT germplasm bank samples are the basis for development of new maize seeds used in the MasAgro Program.
Vast Locust Swarm Casts Shadow Over East African Food Security
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: Bloomberg (25 Jan 2020)
CIMMYT agricultural economist Hugo De Groote notes need to monitor locusts to ensure swarms don’t threaten crops.
The Future of Food – Food Substitute Pills
InnovationsSource: Vice (21 Jan 2020)
Seed banks, like the one at CIMMYT’s headquarters in Mexico, are part of planning for the future of food.
World’s largest corn cob measures 39.5cm in Jala, Nayarit
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: Mexico News Daily (15 Jan 2020)
Winner acknowledges the work of INIFAP, CIMMYT and the Mexico Corn Tortilla Foundation to recuperate native maize species.
Working in a method to harness the soil
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: El Universal (12 Jan 2020)
Research shows that conservation agriculture under irrigation conditions increases yields and soil organic carbon, even in poor quality soil.
Fruitful year for wheat, maize varieties
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: Dawn (23 Dec 2019)
Pakistan has released 20 new high-yielding, disease-resistant and climate change-resilient wheat and maize varieties during the year.
Malawi farmers nurture soil grow incomes with conservation agriculture
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: IPP Media (14 Dec 2019)
CIMMYT introduced farmers Kassim Massi and Joyce Makawa to conservation agriculture.
Can African smallholders farm themselves out of poverty?
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: Down to Earth (12 Dec 2019)
New study examines if agricultural intensification can take households across the poverty line.
Drought Is Crippling Small Farmers in Mexico — With Consequences for Everyone Else
Climate adaptation and mitigationSource: Nexus Media (12 Dec 2019)
The CIMMYT germplasm bank preserves the seeds of maize varieties from all over the world, including landraces very valuable to farmers.
Can African smallholders farm themselves out of poverty?
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: The Conversation (11 Dec 2019)
New study examines if agricultural intensification can take households across the poverty line.
‘Demand has skyrocketed’: Mexicans are willing to pay a premium for blue corn
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: Food Navigator LATAM (5 Dec 2019)
CIMMYT study in Mexico shows consumers are willing to pay higher prices for blue maize tortillas.
Corn Fed: A Tortilla Revolution in Queens
Environmental health and biodiversitySource: Culinary Backstreets (2 Dec 2019)
Food entrepreneur worked with CIMMYT researcher to create a fair market for farmers with surplus heirloom maize in Mexico.
Ethiopia, great mobilization against wheat rust
InnovationsSource: Donne del Food (28 Nov 2019)
Rapid alert system has been developed to predict the spread of wheat rust.
Preventing post-harvest losses key to food security
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: Zambia Daily Mail (26 Nov 2019)
Poor post harvest management is one of the key constraints to improving food and nutritional security in Africa.
Zimbabwe: Farmer Combats ‘Hidden Hunger’. . . Grows Biofortified Crops
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: All Africa (26 Nov 2019)
CIMMYT and Harvest Plus have been breeding biofortified crop varieties of vitamin A orange maize since 2015.