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Are solar powered irrigation systems scalable?
Climate adaptation and mitigation
New compendium analyzes existing pilot initiatives across different agro-climatic zones in India.
An instant seed market
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Seed fair in Masvingo, Zimbabwe — the first of its kind — increases smallholder access to stress tolerant varieties and knowledge on climate-smart technologies.
CIMMYT scientists recognized for impact
Innovations
Wheat researchers listed among world’s most influential scholars, based on citations.
Taking stock of the national toolbox
Environmental health and biodiversity
Researchers take stock of the fertilizer recommendation tools in available in Ethiopia in support of the country’s National Soils Strategy.
International Whole Grain Day 2020
Nutrition, health and food security
Celebrating whole grains as an integral part of healthy, sustainable — and delicious — diets.
New publications: Voicing demand for farm power
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Study explores how gender norms and intra-household dynamics shape women’s demand articulation for labor-saving technologies.
Saving water and time
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Drip irrigation technologies are conserving resources and improving farmer resilience in eastern Zimbabwe.
Rust-resistant bread wheat varieties widely adopted in Ethiopia
Nutrition, health and food security
Study shows investments and innovative policy decisions are increasing farmer incomes and national wheat productivity, with varieties originating from CIMMYT making a significant contribution.
The beginning of a beautiful partnership
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Experts discuss solutions to postharvest losses and how agricultural mechanization can benefit rural women in the Global South.
Critical reflections on COVID-19
Nutrition, health and food security
FAO-led assessment details the pandemic’s impact on agri-food systems in Bangladesh and outlines possible recovery strategies.
Power of data: To enhance food security
Innovations
Source: The Himalayan Times (6 Nov 2020)
CIMMYT and Nepal’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development developed a digitally enabled seed information system so farmers have timely access to quality seed.
Farmers flock towards nutritious, orange maize
Nutrition, health and food security
A growing number of smallholders in southern Zimbabwe adopt provitamin-A maize after collective learning and knowledge transfer initiative.
A catastrophe avoided
Nutrition, health and food security
Unprecedented adoption of agricultural technologies wards off negative impacts of COVID-19 in northwestern India.
What can the last 30 years of research tell us?
Climate adaptation and mitigation
An expansive new review seeks out the key drivers of climate-resilient crop adoption to mobilize decades of scientific and development research towards the eradication of hunger by 2030.
Digital revolution can transform agri-food systems
Innovations
As the world becomes increasingly digital, the international agricultural research-for-development sector needs to keep up.