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.
Participatory scaling of climate-smart agriculture
A recap of climate smart agriculture in Bihar, India through 2016.
New Publications: Rise of micro-satellites offers cost-effective way to collect data on smallholder farms
Micro-satellites are emerging as an effective low-cost option to collecting data like sow date and yields on small farms across the developing world.
Advice for India’s rice-wheat farmers: Put aside the plow and save straw to fight pollution
Recent media reports show that the 19 million inhabitants of New Delhi are under siege from a noxious haze.
Agricultural biodiversity key to future crop improvement
Conserving and using agricultural biodiversity to create better crops can help meet several sustainable development goals and stave off further species extinctions.
Improved genetic analysis offers faster, more precise results to crop breeders
Researchers improve global collaboration on harnessing genes in breeding that can help the crop withstand the effects of climate change.
Conference highlights urgent need to harness genetic resources for future food security
The International Agrobiodiversity Congress provides a platform for farmers, scientists, policymakers and industry leaders to share their experiences in agrobiodiversity management and genetic resource conservation.
National maize stem borer mass rearing laboratory inaugurated in Pakistan
CIMMYT inaugurated the first national maize stem borer mass rearing laboratory at the National Agricultural Research Center in Islamabad on 25 October 2016.
Empowering women to eliminate residue burning for better human and soil health
A leading NGO is working together with CIMMYT in India to generate awareness among women about climate-smart practices.
Tackle food insecurity with homegrown education, Food Prize delegates say
Africa must develop a strong educational infrastructure to address the challenges of poverty, malnutrition and food insecurity, said experts at the World Food Prize.
Pakistani farmers adopt new and improved agronomic techniques
The Agricultural Innovation Program Agronomy’s annual meeting was held in Islamabad, Pakistan, on 2-3 August 2016.
Rebuilding farmer livelihoods in earthquake-hit Nepal
CSISA’s Earthquake Recovery Support Program has helped more than 40,000 farmers in earthquake-hit areas of Nepal for over a year.
A leading NGO joins hands with CIMMYT-CCAFS to empower women farmers
NGO partnership brings new capacity building opportunities.
Heat-tolerant maize offers new opportunities to rice farmers in South India
Maize has emerged as a preferred choice for farmers in Karnataka, India.
European Space Agency selects CIMMYT to pilot new remote sensing project
CIMMYT has been selected by the European Space Agency to have access to the pilot version of the Sen2-Agri processing system and receive training on its use.
Push row planters manufactured and distributed locally among smallholder maize farmers in Pakistan
CIMMYT collaborates with the Cereal Crops Research Institute and Petal Seed, a local seed company in Pakistan to produce new planters.