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.
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.
Mobilizing gene bank biodiversity in the fight against climate change
Climate adaptation and mitigation
CIMMYT’s germplasm bank holds untapped genetic information that could lead to climate resilient wheat varieties, according to a new study.
CIMMYT scientist receives award from China for wheat research
Nutrition, health and food security
Top wheat scientists from the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and other research institutions are the recipients of a prestigious award from China’s State Council.
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.
From east Asia to south Asia, via Mexico: how one gene changed the course of history
Nutrition, health and food security
The story of how Japanese wheat variety Norin 10 saved millions from starvation and revolutionized the world of wheat.
CIMMYT upgrades Pakistan’s national germplasm collection and distribution facility
Nutrition, health and food security
Agriculture can help the world meet climate change emission targets
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Climate-smart agriculture could be the solution for farmers to both cope with the impacts of climate change and reduce emissions.
CIMMYT encourages women farmers in Pakistan to grow their own wheat
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
CIMMYT scientist Ravi Singh receives honor for wheat genetics, breeding
Nutrition, health and food security
Scientist Ravi Singh is named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for distinguished contributions to the field of agricultural research and development.