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Breaking Ground: Isaiah Nyagumbo advances climate-smart technologies to improve smallholder farming systems
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Systems agronomist transforms farmers’ livelihoods through improved crop performance and soil health, promoting sustainable techniques that mitigate climate change effects.
2020 World Food Prize recognizes career devoted to fight hunger and climate change through soil conservation
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Rattan Lal receives agriculture’s highest distinction for developing sustainable farming practices that conserve soils and contribute to climate change mitigation.
An exciting time for wheat research: Incoming director highlights CIMMYT wheat breeding innovations
Nutrition, health and food security
Alison Bentley introduces herself and CIMMYT’s innovative wheat research at the BGRI Technical Workshop.
Starting with a seed
Capacity development
Inclusive seed business model empowers women from marginalized communities in Nepal.
Hans Braun receives prestigious Norman Borlaug Award for Lifetime Achievement in Wheat Research
Nutrition, health and food security
The award honors four individuals who have been integral to the Borlaug Global Rust Initiative.
Against the grain: New paper reveals the overlooked health benefits of maize and wheat
Nutrition, health and food security
Cereals offer greater health and nutrition benefits than commonly acknowledged, despite often being considered ‘nutrient-poor’, say scientists.
Wheat blast has made the intercontinental jump to Africa
Environmental health and biodiversity
Source: Rural 21 (9 Oct 2020)
Wheat blast poses a serious threat to rain-fed wheat production in Zambia and raises the alarm for surrounding regions and countries on the African continent with similar environmental conditions.
Food production in Africa: Role of improved seeds in enhancing food security
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: CGTN Africa (9 Nov 2020)
CIMMYT maize breeder Yoseph Beyene discusses drought-tolerant maize and maize with resistance to fall armyworm.
Empowered rural women take on entrepreneurship
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Women in Odisha, India, successfully shoulder responsibility in leading their families through the COVID-19 crisis.
Honoring the life and legacy of Donald Winkelmann
Nutrition, health and food security
Former director general Donald Winkelmann was instrumental in achieving growth and recognition for CIMMYT.
En route to improved agronomic literacy
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Women in rural Nepal prosper from training program on soil fertility management practices.
Q&A: How blockchain can create social and environmental impacts
Innovations
Susanne Köhler discusses how this technology can be used to increase the resilience of individuals, communities and ecosystems.
Women find a role in Bangladesh’s agricultural mechanization sector
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Technical and business training provides women with opportunities to break barriers and improve livelihoods.
Leading US agronomy organization awards fellowship to CIMMYT agri-food systems expert
Nutrition, health and food security
Bram Govaerts receives the highest distinction offered by the American Society of Agronomy.
Scientists find genomic regions associated with wheat blast resistance in CIMMYT nurseries
Environmental health and biodiversity
Genomic-wide association study evaluated samples from Bolivia and Bangladesh for blast-resistant genes.
