United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Maize partners collaborate to maintain yield gain momentum in Pakistan Â
Last year’s maize-growing season in Pakistan yielded a record-breaking six-million tons, decreasing the country’s dependence on imported maize seed and boosting local sales and exports of maize-based products.
CIMMYT helps national programs to enhance maize breeding efficiency in Pakistan
Maize is Pakistan’s third important cereal following wheat and rice. However, Pakistan still imports more than 80 percent of the hybrid seeds, costing the country over $50 million annually and making retail price of hybrid seeds expensive.
Wheat blast screening and surveillance training in Bangladesh
Workshop participants learned how to use the latest in technology to identify and keep track of the deadly Wheat Blast disease.
CIMMYT at DAWN Pakistan Agri Expo 2018
The Agricultural Innovation Program for Pakistan (AIP), set up a stall at the DAWN Pakistan Agri Expo in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan on 3-4 May, 2018 to present successes in agricultural technologies and provide a platform for Pakistani farmers, government and other stakeholders to explore and connect to innovative technologies for improvement of major cereal crops of Pakistan and other linked products and services.
Timothy J. Krupnik
Bekele Geleta Abeyo
Overcoming gender gaps in rural mechanization
A new publication details current gender gaps in rural mechanization in Bangladesh, and outlines plans to overcome these challenges.
USAID delegation visits CIMMYT Pakistan office
A delegation of representatives from the USAID’s Mission for Economic Growth and Agriculture in Pakistan visited the National Agricultural Research Center to see the interventions by the Agricultural Innovation Program led by CIMMYT.
Emergency seed fuels quick farm recovery in drought-affected Ethiopia
In response to Ethiopia’s worst drought in 50 years and a critical shortage of seed in 2016, CIMMYT and partners delivered over 3,400 tons of high quality seed to farmers.
Success in mainstreaming CSISA-supported agricultural technologies
Since 2015, CSISA has been working to generate evidence on best management practices for improving cropping system productivity in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains.
The keys to make seeder calibration easy
The Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) is helping farmers in Bangladesh save money and time with the implementation of simple calibration keys.
Local businesses boost farmer access to quality seed in Nepal
The Nepal Seed and Fertilizer project is working with seed companies to build their capacity for both seed production and distribution.
Facing the fall armyworm threat
In a new blog published by Farming First, B.M. Prasanna discusses overcoming a pest that has been ravaging fields in Africa.