CGIAR
Breaking Ground: Susanne Dreisigacker knows wheat inside out
Innovations
Dreisigacker works to discover and validate molecular markers, or DNA segments, for traits of interest.
Fall armyworm on the agenda at the 2018 Borlaug Dialogue
Nutrition, health and food security
Experts explained the spread of the pest and presented science-based solutions to fight it.
Reflections on the global impact of biofortification
Nutrition, health and food security
There are now 290 new varieties of 12 biofortified crops – including maize, wheat and potatoes – being grown in 60 countries, reaching an estimated 10 million farming households.
Fighting hidden hunger from the ground up: the powerful link between soils and nutritious food
Environmental health and biodiversity
New publications: Exploring the gendered rules shaping agricultural innovation
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Are advisory apps a solution for collecting Big Data?
Innovations
CIMMYT has been researching the use of mobile apps to provide site-specific agronomic advice to farmers.
New global research alliance joins fight against fall armyworm
Nutrition, health and food security
International consortium established to connect research with practical field solutions against pest.
Winners of the 2018 MAIZE Youth Innovators Awards – Asia announced
Capacity development
Four awardees are using modern technologies, dedicated to new knowledge and with hopes to improve the world.
CIMMYT recognized for support in restoring Guatemalan seed systems after hurricane
Nutrition, health and food security
The seed varieties stored in the CIMMYT germplasm bank were of vital importance in efforts to restore food security in the aftermath of Hurricane Stan.
New publications: Germplasm bank accessions add value to elite wheat lines
Nutrition, health and food security
For the first time ever, a research team of more than 40 scientists has genetically characterized values of exotics in hexaploid wheat.
Suitcase-sized lab speeds up wheat rust diagnosis
Innovations
MARPLE (Mobile And Real-time PLant disEase) is a portable testing lab which could help speed-up the identification of devastating wheat rust diseases in Africa.
Nutritious vitamin A orange maize boosts health and livelihoods in Zimbabwe
Nutrition, health and food security
As Zimbabwe’s child malnutrition rate peaks above the international threshold for emergency response, nutritious vitamin A orange maize gains ground on the national market.
