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SUPER WOMAN: Julieta Salazar boosts nutritional profile of maize in Guatemala
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Seeds for needs in Malawi
Climate adaptation and mitigation
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Government of Malawi launched five projects on food security, fisheries and environment.
Harnessing Mexico’s Sun: CIMMYT Installs 920 Solar Panels in Green Initiative
Innovations
CIMMYT is actively taking advantage of solar energy’s potential in Mexico.
CIMMYT remembers vital legacy of gender specialist Paula Kantor
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
CIMMYT is sad to announce the tragic death of our friend and respected colleague, gender and development specialist Paula Kantor.
“In Mozambique, you cannot talk about food security without talking about maize”
Nutrition, health and food security
AIP-CIMMYT Conducts the Largest Evaluation of Maize Germplasm in Pakistan’s History
Capacity development
Pakistan’s Agricultural Innovation Program (AIP) tested more than 700 diverse maize lines in an effort to develop more affordable, well-adapted maize varieties.
MLN diagnostics and management in Africa through multi-institutional synergies
Nutrition, health and food security
World Food Prize laureate Rajaram honored at World Food Forum
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Sanjaya Rajaram, recipient of the 2014 World Food Prize, told more than 200 participants at the World Food Forum in Santiago, Chile, on 14 April, that he held hopes for a “second Green Revolution.”
Maize workshop sets stage for doubling production in India by 2025
Capacity development
The 58th All India Coordinated Annual Maize Workshop was held at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) in Ludhiana, India during 4-6 April. The workshop brought together nearly 200 scientists in India working on maize research and development, as well as representatives from seed companies. The All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) on Maize was the first crop research project established in India in 1957 and served as a model for all following crop projects in the country.
New report highlights need for groundwater management solutions in Bangladesh
Innovations
The recent report “Groundwater Management in Bangladesh: An Analysis of Problems and Opportunities,” published by the Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia – Mechanization and Irrigation (CSISA-MI) project, reveals that water resource policy in Bangladesh has focused largely on development and not enough on management, draining aquifers in intensively irrigated areas and sustaining expensive subsidies for dry-season irrigation pumping.