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Plan to improve wheat output under works
Nutrition, health and food security
Source: Dawn (6 Aug 2020)
Pakistan and CIMMYT discuss strategy to increase wheat productivity through promotion of high-yielding wheat varieties.
Cultivation of outdated wheat varieties causing 50pc yield gap, minister told
Nutrition, health and food security
Source: Pakistan Today Profit (5 Aug 2020)
CIMMYT projects in Pakistan have contributed to increased wheat productivity, created new seedbanks and have trained 10,000 farmers on quality seed production and marketing.
AGG project to ramp up genetic gains in maize for better livelihoods
Nutrition, health and food security
Source: AFRICA Agribusiness (31 Aug 2020)
Project will deliver improved, stress resilient, nutritious seed to smallholders in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia.
Historic wheat research station poised to host cutting-edge research
Innovations
CIMMYTâs historic Toluca station will host a new rapid generation advancement and speed breeding facility to accelerate genetic gains in wheat.
New project to ramp up genetic gains in maize for better livelihoods
Nutrition, health and food security
Source: The Rwandan (30 Jul 2020)
AGG project will deliver improved, stress resilient, nutritious seed to smallholders in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia.
Work to develop high yielding Striga tolerant maize seed is bearing fruit
Nutrition, health and food security
An early indication of parental lines with potential to tolerate or resist Striga, is showing âlight at the end of the tunnelâ for farmers battling the nutrient-sucking monster.
Breaking Ground: Sudha Nair helps bridge gap between maize breeding and genetics
Innovations
CIMMYT scientist applies genomics in maize breeding to achieve higher genetic gains.
âBetter, faster, equitable, sustainableâ â wheat research community partners join to kick off new breeding project
Nutrition, health and food security
Collaboration, partnership and mutual learning with national partners key focus of new project to accelerate breeding and delivery of improved wheat varieties.
New publications: Rotation, mulch and zero tillage reduce weeds
Nutrition, health and food security
Trial results highlight the long-term benefits of conservation agriculture-based weed management.
New project to ramp up genetic gains in maize for better livelihoods
Nutrition, health and food security
Source: Seed Quest (28 Jul 2020)
The new AGG project has a strong focus on more synergistic and supportive partnerships with national programs to help improve the effectiveness of their breeding efforts.
New project to ramp up genetic gains in maize for better livelihoods
Nutrition, health and food security
The new AGG project has a strong focus on more synergistic and supportive partnerships with national programs to help improve the effectiveness of their breeding efforts.
WhatsApp, the secret of farmers in Coahuila to continue during the pandemic
Innovations
Source: Forbes MĂ©xico (25 Jul 2020)
Agriculture in Mexico has not stopped during the COVID-19 pandemic, but has had to reinvent itself.
Multi-disciplinary approaches to crop improvement for faster climate change adaptation
Climate adaptation and mitigation
A strategic research framework for crop improvement integrates genomics, systems biology, physiology and crop modelling approaches.
Floods highlight importance of food security
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: China Daily (22 Jul 2020)
CIMMYT-developed drought-and high temperature-tolerant maize varieties help strengthen resilience to weather extremes in China.
Reaching farmers in the last mile with seeds they can trust
Capacity development
By working closely with the farmers, Masindi Seed Company puts itself at a strategic position to understand farmersâ preferred traits better.