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Visit to Southern Africa AID-I Rapid Delivery Hub partners and intervention sites highlights strong partnerships bringing sustainable innovations to Zambia.

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Wheat researchers, government extension agents, and policy makers gather in Bangladesh to develop their skills in pathology, breeding, agronomy, integrated disease management and agricultural extension technologies.

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Smallholder farmers increasingly benefit as the younger generation adopts mechanization and sustainable agri-technologies.

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CIMMYT and partners are working to accelerate the delivery of stress-tolerant and nutritious seeds to boost smallholder farmer resilience to drought and pests in Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia.

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New initiative links smallholder farmers in Zambia with a market opportunity in oil seed production, driving uptake of modern varieties and sustainable, intensified agricultural practices.

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Zambia Minister of Agriculture host CIMMYT Director General for deliberations on the country’s strategic road map.

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CIMMYT experts collaborate with private sector to propel improved variety adoption in Malawi.

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Delegates travelled to South Asia to witness the success of a collaboration which is combatting wheat blast disease in Bangladesh and for other wheat growing nations.

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Drought-tolerant maize seed thrives in Zambia through partnerships with the private sector.

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CIMMYT-led event bringing private sector and government together is a success story of the power of collaboration.

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Scientists and stakeholders in Africa are co-designing a network approach to improve and expand dryland crops value chains in the continent.

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Upgraded technology at the KALRO research station will optimize breeding and seed systems’ work so that scientists can provide better varieties to farmers.

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The CGIAR Initiative on Market Intelligence releases two reports on a framework for informing crop breeding and future market segments for hybrid maize.