In the media
The Landscape of Agricultural Biotechnology
Climate adaptation and mitigationSource: Technology Works (18 Dec 2023)
Kevin Pixley explores the impact of genetic engineering on resilient crop varieties
Cultivando un MĂ©xico Mejor: 100% sustainable barley supply
InnovationsSource: Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit (18 Dec 2023)
Why we need to go beyond technology
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: Rural 21 (11 Dec 2023)
Sylvanus Odjo and Heike Ostermann highlight systemic scaling up of post-harvest technologies.
Nepal and CIMMYT forge decade-long partnership to advance agricultural science
Capacity developmentSource: Khabarhub (10 Dec 2023)
Nepal and CIMMYT sign 10-year pact to improve agriculture, focusing on improved production and markets.
Viewpoint: Hunger crisis — The number of countries unable to feed their populations has soared 400% since 2000. Here’s why crop biotechnology is a key solution
InnovationsSource: Genetic Literacy Project (11 Dec 2023)
Biodiversity-smart agriculture – the role of labour requirements
Climate adaptation and mitigationHow K-State research feeds the world
Climate adaptation and mitigationSource: Seek Research Magazine ()
CIMMYT collaborates with Jared Crain, former director of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Applied Wheat Genomics.
Positive feedback for CABI’s input into Guiding Acid Soil Management Investments in Africa (GAIA) project
Source: CABI (5 Dec 2023)
Data fed into CIMMYT’s GAIA dashboard guides investments in agricultural lime value chains in Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Rwanda.
Wheat DEWAS to expand its wheat pathogen surveillance system project to East Africa, South Asia
Climate adaptation and mitigationSource: Farmers Review Africa (2 Nov 2023)
Gov. Little’s Mexico trade mission strengthens trade opportunities for Idaho businesses
InnovationsSource: Office of the Governor (1 Dec 2023)
Sequestering carbon in soils: what agriculture can do
Climate adaptation and mitigationSource: Cirad (1 Nov 2023)
CIMMYT studying sustainable strategies and soil carbon stocks.
Connecting rural Nepalese farmers to the market through Interactive Voice Response (IVR) service
InnovationsSource: ComDev Asia (26 Nov 2023)
Lead role for John Innes Centre as the UK’s first CGIAR Centre is launched by Rishi Sunak
Source: John Innes Centre (21 Nov 2023)
Transformative UK-CGIAR Partnership Announced at the Global Food Summit 2023
InnovationsSource: Alliance Bioversity & CIAT (23 Nov 2023)
New partnership between the CGIAR and the British Government.