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Afghan and Indian researchers collaborate to combat wheat rust disease
Capacity developmentAfghan and Indian researchers are collaborating to combat the wheat rust disease Karnal bunt.
Bayer collaboration promises new innovations for South Asia farms
Climate adaptation and mitigationCIMMYT and Bayer’s Crop Science team are looking for practical solutions to future climate-change related challenges in South Asian agriculture.
Award recognizes agronomist Ram Malik for successes in India’s rice-wheat systems
Nutrition, health and food securityRam Kanwar Malik recognized for 30 years of improving India’s rice-wheat systems.
National fair highlights agricultural developments in India
Capacity developmentThousands attend India’s national agricultural fair to discover the latest crop varieties and technological advancements in the country.
Tackling challenges to cereal production through cross-crop collaborations
Climate adaptation and mitigationCropping systems can become more resilient in the face of climate change through better coordination and standardization.
Combating malnutrition: a new zinc-rich variety of wheat
Nutrition, health and food securityNew high-zinc varieties of wheat can help improve diets in some parts of India, scientists V.K. Mishra, Ramash Chand and Arun Joshi write in The Indian Express newspaper.
Cereal systems in South Asia show diverse benefits of conservation agriculture
Capacity developmentConservation agriculture practices are climate-smart, helping farmers adapt to climate change while minimizing greenhouse gas emissions, researchers say.
CIMMYT India staff brainstorm steps to implement strategy
Capacity developmentCIMMYT Director General Martin Kropff presented the organization’s draft strategy with its unifying vision at the staff session in the organization’s Delhi office.
NAAS fellow M.L. Jat talks climate change, sustainable agriculture
Climate adaptation and mitigationSenior Scientist M.L. Jat has received India’s National Academy of Agricultural Sciences fellowship in Natural Resource Management for his “outstanding contributions in developing and scaling” conservation agriculture-based management technologies.
Inaugural Paula Kantor Award recognizes work on agriculture, gender, improved diets
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionPost-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 mitigationIncreasing 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.
Cereal systems initiative speeds growth of mechanized technologies in India, report shows
Nutrition, health and food securityMajor 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.
Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia enters Phase III: focus on scalability and strategic partnerships
Nutrition, health and food securityPaula Kantor Award nominees must show gender research success in India
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionA new award recognizes contributions to the livelihoods and economic empowerment of women made by a former giant in the field of international gender research.
Supporting sustainable and scalable changes in cereal systems in South Asia
Climate adaptation and mitigationThe rates of growth of staple crop yields in South Asia are insufficient to meet the projected demands in the region. With 40 percent of the world’s poor living in South Asia, the area composed of eastern India, Bangladesh and Nepal has the largest concentration of impoverished and food insecure people worldwide.