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Best of 2020: Our favorite videos
Innovations
Kick back, press play and enjoy some of our favorite videos of the year.
Digital groundwater monitoring
Innovations
New pilot in Nepal kicks off with a multi-stakeholder dialogue.
Crop breeding and soil management must go hand in hand
Environmental health and biodiversity
This World Soil Day, explore how breeding success is inextricably linked to how we address soil degradation.
Building networks and capacity
Capacity development
AGG partners meet to launch regional networks for eastern and southern Africa and assess capacity development needs.
“CIMMYT is at my heart”
Capacity development
Global Wheat Program director Hans Braun retires, leaving behind a legacy of strong leadership and wheat for millions.
Are solar powered irrigation systems scalable?
Climate adaptation and mitigation
New compendium analyzes existing pilot initiatives across different agro-climatic zones in India.
Scientific opportunities and challenges
Capacity development
First meetings of the AGG Science and Technical Steering Committees generate insights and recommendations for optimizing breeding schemes.
Faster results at a lower cost
Innovations
Innovative tools and technologies help CIMMYT maize breeders in Africa accelerate the delivery of high-quality seed.
International Whole Grain Day 2020
Nutrition, health and food security
Celebrating whole grains as an integral part of healthy, sustainable — and delicious — diets.
The Cereal Serial: What are whole grains and why do they matter?
Nutrition, health and food security
CIMMYT maize and wheat quality experts explain the importance of whole grains for healthy 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.
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.
A catastrophe avoided
Nutrition, health and food security
Unprecedented adoption of agricultural technologies wards off negative impacts of COVID-19 in northwestern India.
