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.
Strengthening capacity and building national and regional partnerships in the seed sector
Capacity developmentCIMMYT and its partners provide training on hybrid maize seeds to value chain actors from South Asia.
Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) project enters Phase 4.0
Capacity developmentA renewed three-and-a-half-year commitment in India to strengthen gains made in mainstreaming innovations and agri-extension research in national systems, with emphasis on institutionalizing research delivery systems and cross-learning opportunities.