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New Publications: Mitigating greenhouse gas emission from rising food production
A new study identifies the key ways to keep up with India’s rising food demand while minimizing greenhouse gas emissions.
Message from International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center after 7.1 Mexico earthquake
Although the full impact of the earthquake is unknown at this time, CIMMYT would like to express condolences to all those affected throughout the country.
New Publications: Improving wheat breeding through modern genetic tools
Innovations
A new study shows how wheat breeders can more efficiently increase yield and improve their selections by using modern genetic tools.
New Publications: Climate change adaptation practices decrease poverty, boost food security
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Farmers in Pakistan that practice climate change adaptation strategies have higher food security levels and are less likely to live in poverty than those that don’t.
Farmers in Pakistan benefit from new zinc-enriched high-yielding wheat
Nutrition, health and food security
Farmers in Pakistan are eagerly adopting a nutrient-enhanced wheat variety offering improved food security, higher incomes, health benefits and a delicious taste.
New Publications: Sustainable agriculture boosts water savings in India
Nutrition, health and food security
In northwestern India, growing maize is being advocated as an alternative to rice to address resource degradation challenges such as declining water tables and climate change induced variability in rainfall and temperature.
Moving zinc-enriched wheat into the mainstream
Nutrition, health and food security
In an effort to stamp out hidden hunger, scientists are calling for support to make zinc-biofortification a core trait in the world’s largest wheat breeding program.
New Publications: Maize variety replacement lags in sub-Saharan Africa
Nutrition, health and food security
New Publications: Common platform improves collaboration for research on genetic resources
Innovations
A common platform through which data on genetic resources can be disseminated to both crop researchers and breeders can strengthen research communities.
Breaking Ground: Hands on experience gives Carolina Camacho insight into farming best practices
Innovations
Tending her own crops gives Carolina Camacho insights into the challenges farmers face that she could never have learned in a classroom.
New Publications: Biological control program brings long-term benefits to pest resistance
Nutrition, health and food security
A new review highlights the potential for biological control programs to lift a large number of people out of poverty and create greater returns for consumers and producers.
New Publications: Consumer preference for GM food in Pakistan
Nutrition, health and food security
WhileGM foods continue to be a topic of debate in much of the developed world, few studies have focused on consumers’ acceptance of GM food in developing countries.
Closing the circle: Kanwarpal Dhugga works at CIMMYT
Innovations
Growing up on a small farm in India’s northwest Punjab state, Kanwarpal Dhugga was a young boy when the first Green Revolution wheat varieties arrived in his village.
New Publications: Wheat stem rust resistance identified in Kazakhstan and Russia
Nutrition, health and food security
Stem rusts have proven to be a challenge to wheat farmers in Kazakhstan and Russia, particularly with higher rainfall in recent years.
Breaking Ground: Xuecai Zhang prepares future generation of crop breeders
Innovations
Xuecai Zhang wants to merge traditional maize breeding methods with new software and other tools to help improve farmers’ yields faster than ever.
