Asia
As a fast growing region with increasing challenges for smallholder farmers, Asia is a key target region for CIMMYT. CIMMYT’s work stretches from Central Asia to southern China and incorporates system-wide approaches to improve wheat and maize productivity and deliver quality seed to areas with high rates of child malnutrition. Activities involve national and regional local organizations to facilitate greater adoption of new technologies by farmers and benefit from close partnerships with farmer associations and agricultural extension agents.
‘Farmers now more aware about climate resilient agri’
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: Times of India (20 Jan 2023)
Farmers in India learn how to adapt their methodologies to climate change.
CIMMYT-China workshop aims to facilitate future collaborations to battle climate change
Climate adaptation and mitigation
CIMMYT scientists and their Chinese counterparts discuss best methods for protecting food crop production from climate change.
Identifying climate mitigation strategies from AFOLU sector in Mexico
Climate adaptation and mitigation
CIMMYT researchers comb through data to enumerate the benefits, and costs, of specific climate mitigation initiatives in the AFOLU sector of Mexico.
A sustainable solution to micronutrient deficiency
Nutrition, health and food security
Zinc and provitamin A biofortified maize genotypes have potential to reduce hidden hunger in Nepal.
For women in Ivory Coast, processing cassava no longer has to be a grind
Innovations
Mechanical grinders and presses are transforming cassava production in Ivory Coast and empowering women.
A reluctant farmer changes the fortune of his inherited land
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Ravi Ranjan took to farming after the death of his grandfather and, despite his initial apprehension about working in agriculture, has never looked back.
Improved nitrogen use can boost tomato yields
Environmental health and biodiversity
Scientists research whether nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) and tomato production in Nepal can be improved with better utilization of nitrogen fertilizer.
Rear fish in a rice paddy? Old ways can future-proof food production
Nutrition, health and food security
Source: South China Morning Post (18 Dec 2022)
CGIAR scientists share the importance of testing new research models for integrated aquatic and terrestrial production systems.
How a policy to address a groundwater shortage inadvertently increased air pollution in northern India
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: Tech and Science Post (15 Dec 2022)
The seemingly small shift in the planting season had a cascading effect that delayed the fire season by about two weeks and exacerbated air pollution.
Sustainability of rice production in the Northwestern Indo-Gangetic Plains
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Scientists determine nitrogen use could be reduced without impacting rice yields for sustainability of rice production in Northwestern Indo-Gangetic Plains.
A renewed CGIAR can better support South Asia to determine its food future
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: Mongabay (13 Dec 2022)
Temina Lalani-Shariff, Regional Director of South Asia at CGIAR, explains CGIAR is evolving so that it can continue to be the scientific partner of choice for national research institutes and governments.
