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tag icon Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

A lack of consistent keywords when tagging research is leading to holes in searches for gender research across CGIAR, the world’s largest network of agricultural researchers. A more systematic and sharper use of keywords when describing datasets will improve findability in searches.

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tag icon Capacity development

Service provider harvest model could create opportunities for young African entrepreneurs while reducing carbon emissions.

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Two-wheel tractors are allowing Ethiopian farmers to boost their incomes and support their communities in times of need.

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The introduction of mung bean has transformed rice-wheat food systems in Nepal and has been one of the major successes of the Agronomy and Seed Scaling project.

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tag icon Environmental health and biodiversity

The use of corn husk as veneer has helped a town to preserve maize biodiversity, protect the environment and reduce migration.

News

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Stephen Mugo retires from CIMMYT after more than twenty years of commitment and scientific contributions.

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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.

In the media

tag icon Environmental health and biodiversity

Source: Donne del Food (31 May 2020)

B.M. Prasanna, director of CIMMYT’s Global Maize Program and the CGIAR Research Program on Maize, discusses the viral disease maize lethal necrosis.

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CIMMYT breeder applies new tools and technologies to accelerate genetic gains, make breeding more efficient, and keep up with the changing dynamics of biotic and abiotic stresses.

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tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

Maize lethal necrosis has taught us that intensive efforts to keep human and plant diseases at bay need to continue beyond the COVID-19 crisis.

Videos

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Maize and wheat seeds from all over the world are preserved at the CIMMYT genebank, used to bring new varieties to farmers, and backed up at the Global Seed Vault.