CGIAR
Breaking Ground: Pieter Rutsaert looks to better marketing for faster adoption of climate-smart maize in Africa
Nutrition, health and food security
Markets and value chains expert studies seed demand and distribution, with the aim to help agro-dealers and seed businesses better market improved seed.
First steps taken to unify breeding software
Innovations
Experts work together at hackathon to develop Enterprise Breeding System that can serve CGIAR organizations and national agricultural research programs.
Healthy diets feature both whole- and refined-grain foods, new study shows
Nutrition, health and food security
Review indicates positive health impacts from diverse diets that include not more than 50% carbohydrates and the right mix of grain-based foods.
Launching digital agro-climate advisory platform in Ethiopia
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: The Reporter (16 Nov 2019)
New platform will put resilience at the center of livelihoods in response to rising populations, growing food demand and ecological crisis.
Seeds of hope
Innovations
Stress-tolerant maize varieties are transforming lives in northern Uganda.
CIMMYT wheat scientists receive top honors from US agricultural scientists
Innovations
Hans-Joachim Braun and Alexey Morgunov receive awards and fellowships at annual meeting of crop science peers.
Closing the yield gap: Why localized analysis matters
Nutrition, health and food security
The effect of factors limiting production differs across regions, researchers observe.
Thomas Payne honored at gathering of crop science peers
Innovations
Head of CIMMYT Wheat Germplasm Bank receives Frank N. Meyer Medal for contributions to germplasm collection, conservation and use.
Resilient agriculture: Several agreements concluded
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: L'Economiste (5 Nov 2019)
CIMMYT, ICARDA and the Adaptation of African Agriculture Initiative join forces to prevent small farmers from suffering the effects of climate change.
Scientists develop an early warning system that delivers wheat rust predictions directly to farmers’ phones
Innovations
New research describes a revolutionary early warning system that can predict and mitigate wheat rust diseases in Ethiopia.
Fight against fall armyworm in Asia benefits from experience in other regions
Capacity development
Scientists mobilize African and Latin American knowledge to protect Asia’s maize.
New tools guide interventions against acid soils in Africa using lime
Capacity development
Experts are developing data and dashboards to advise policymakers about the cost and feasibility of liming to increase maize productivity.
New publications: Special collection on wheat genetics and breeding
Nutrition, health and food security
Researchers present highlights from 40 years of collaboration on wheat genomics, breeding for disease resistance and quality improvement.
Climate, nutrition and security challenges require global food system transformation
Climate adaptation and mitigation
The 2019 Borlaug Dialogue explored solutions to feed the planet sustainably in the face of conflict and climate change.
It’s time to change the system, not just the technology
Innovations
Changing farming technologies requires systemic change, argues Lennart Woltering in new article.