India
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Cereal systems in South Asia show diverse benefits of conservation agriculture
Capacity development
Conservation agriculture practices are climate-smart, helping farmers adapt to climate change while minimizing greenhouse gas emissions, researchers say.
CIMMYT India staff brainstorm steps to implement strategy
Capacity development
CIMMYT Director General Martin Kropff presented the organization’s draft strategy with its unifying vision at the staff session in the organization’s Delhi office.
NAAS fellow M.L. Jat talks climate change, sustainable agriculture
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Senior Scientist M.L. Jat has received India’s National Academy of Agricultural Sciences fellowship in Natural Resource Management for his “outstanding contributions in developing and scaling” conservation agriculture-based management technologies.
Inaugural Paula Kantor Award recognizes work on agriculture, gender, improved diets
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Post-doctoral fellow Soumya Gupta is the winner of the inaugural Paula Kantor Award for Excellence in Field Research, the International Centre for Research on Women announces.
Can maize help farmers in Odisha, India, cope with climate change?
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Increasing drought and low rainfall are leading many rice farmers in India’s plateau region of Odisha to start cultivating a crop that requires less water, has lower input costs and earns farmers greater profit – maize.
Cereal systems initiative speeds growth of mechanized technologies in India, report shows
Nutrition, health and food security
Major impacts of the Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia program include success in increasing access to and affordability of modern farming technologies for smallholder farmers across India, according to a new report.
Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia enters Phase III: focus on scalability and strategic partnerships
Nutrition, health and food security
Paula Kantor Award nominees must show gender research success in India
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
A new award recognizes contributions to the livelihoods and economic empowerment of women made by a former giant in the field of international gender research.
Supporting sustainable and scalable changes in cereal systems in South Asia
Climate adaptation and mitigation
The rates of growth of staple crop yields in South Asia are insufficient to meet the projected demands in the region. With 40 percent of the world’s poor living in South Asia, the area composed of eastern India, Bangladesh and Nepal has the largest concentration of impoverished and food insecure people worldwide.
India visit: Dr. Martin Kropff, Director General, CIMMYT
Capacity development
Summary of CIMMYT Director General Martin Kropff visit to different research sites in several states of India, 28 September – 2 October, 2016.
Zero-till wheat raises farmers’ incomes in eastern India, research shows
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Replacing gender myths and assumptions with knowledge
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
If we are to be truly successful in improving the lives of farmers and consumers in the developing world, we need to base our interventions on the best evidence available.
