Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)

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Blogs

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This World Soil Day, explore how breeding success is inextricably linked to how we address soil degradation.

Features

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Systems agronomist transforms farmers’ livelihoods through improved crop performance and soil health, promoting sustainable techniques that mitigate climate change effects.

News

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Genomic-wide association study evaluated samples from Bolivia and Bangladesh for blast-resistant genes.

Press releases

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Researchers in Zambia confirm the arrival of this devastating fungal disease to the African continent.

Features

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Case studies from Ethiopia and Rwanda show adaptable fertilizer rates may help tree-based smallholder farmers, thus providing them with options to cope with COVID-19-imposed fertilizer shortages.

Videos

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New online training takes farmers and service providers though a visual journey on the use of conservation agriculture-based sustainable intensification methods.

Features

tag icon Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

On International Youth Day, CIMMYT captures images of sub-Saharan African youth to celebrate their immense contributions to agriculture, farming systems, service provision and research and development.

Features

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7 ways to make small-scale mechanization work for African farmers.

Features

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Interest in farm machinery and crop diversification spike as farmers respond to COVID-19 labor shortages.

Features

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The two-wheel tractor has proven its worth in Africa’s smallholder farms thanks to the FACASI project.

Features

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As the current pandemic and restrictions create labor constraints, CIMMYT experts discuss the role scale-appropriate farm machinery can play in addressing them.

News

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Women in West Bengal form farmer groups and cooperatives drawing on sustainable agricultural practices from CIMMYT’s SRFSI project.

Explainers

tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

Wheat blast is one of the most fearsome and intractable wheat diseases in recent decades. It spreads through infected seeds, crop residues as well as by spores that can travel long distances in the air, posing a major threat to wheat production in tropical areas.

News

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West Bengal farmer Halima Bibi recognized for success in maize production.