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.

In the media

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Source: The Citizen (8 Nov 2021)

ML Jat points out some advantages of the bewar system, a climate-resilient alternative to plantation agriculture in India.

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SIS currently implemented in three states in India helps generate robust soil health data to support soil management and agriculture interventions.

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Study evaluates the advantages of biofortified maize and its implications in poultry farming.

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Features

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Many women are working enthusiastically as part of agriculture mechanization, as supported by CIMMYT’s CSISA-MEA project.

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A day in the life of a farmer in India’s Odisha state, part of  tribal community that has long lived off the land. 

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BISA staff and partners gathered across India and online to mark a decade of excellence in science and partnerships, and to set ambitious goals for the coming years.

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Researchers point out the future of the disease, the ways to manage it and prevent it from spreading — within and across continents.

Publications

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Results of an 8-year study show that weed density and diversity are greatly reduced when zero-tillage, drip-irrigation, and new crops are introduced to rice-wheat systems.