Climate change adaptation for nutrition
Response of African sorghum genotypes for drought tolerance under variable environments
Scientists revealed a vast diversity in the genetic resources of sorghum and provided a pathway for selecting promising genotypes for regions prone to drought in sub-Saharan Africa.
Nevada researcher aims to improve sorghum hybrids for dairy cattle feed
Source: Nevada Today (20 Nov 2023)
CIMMYT partnering with Melinda Yerka, an associate professor in the Department of Agriculture, Veterinary & Rangeland Sciences and her team to extend the availability of sorghum varieties.
Top food policy expert hails nation’s efforts to bolster its grain resilience
Source: China Daily (15 Nov 2023)
CIMMYT Director General, Bram Govaerts, praises China’s substantial investment in science and technology for food security.
Bringing Space to Place: Transforming African Agriculture with Better SOILS
Source: IFDC (5 Nov 2023)
Researchers propose a unified, scalable framework to measure agricultural greenhouse gas emissions
Source: Life Technology (30 Oct 2023)
AGREE, created by UC Davis and CIMMYT, helps analyze emissions from diverse agricultural activities.
In Ethiopia, regional and local representatives endorse national framework on climate services
Ethiopian Meteorological Institute in partnership with CIMMYT organized a workshop to scale climate-smart agriculture and climate information services for the benefit of millions of small-scale farmers in Ethiopia.
Pakistan, China join hands to augment wheat production, enhance food security
Source: Xinhua Net (25 Oct 2023)
For future wheat variety development, CIMMYT is interested in collaborating with the Pakistan-China laboratory.
Breaking barriers in agriculture
Source: The Kathmandu Post (10 Oct 2023)
In Nepal, the collaboration between IWMI, CIMMYT, and local governments thus opened a promising path toward sustainable agricultural development, where the enthusiasm and involvement of farmers became the cornerstone of progress and innovation.
Breaking barriers in agriculture
Source: The Kathmandu Post (25 Sep 2023)
The International Water Management Institute and CIMMYT conducted research on Sustainable Intensification of Mixed Farming Systems (SI-MFS), including innovations in six potential areas that are urgently needed to transform agricultural practices.
The world’s future wheat will need to withstand the climate crisis
Source: Quartz (20 Sep 2023)
As hotter temperatures and drought become the norm in places used to growing wheat, CIMMYT is working to face new and ongoing challenges to develop a more climate resilient wheat.
Public and Private Plant Breeding: Finding Common Ground
Source: SeedWorld (10 Sep 2023)
Fernando Gonzalez, a retired plant breeder from CIMMYT, participated in the webinar hosted by Seed World Group, unveiling possible paths forward public and private plant breeding efforts.
Mechanisation to re-configure smallholder production
Source: The Herald (12 Sep 2023)
CIMMYT hosted a meeting to reflect upon the HAFIZ project nearest end, shaping the future of mechanisation policies and interventions in Zimbabwe.
LIPS-Zim empowers smallholder farmers
Source: NewsDay (7 Sep 2023)
CIMMYT in partnership with various research institutions, seeks to increase livestock production and productivity by farmers through the Livestock Production Systems in Zimbabwe (LIPS-Zim) project.
Agroecology alliance calls for more food at less cost to nature in Congo Basin
Source: Mongabay (28 Aug 2023)
CIMMYT research, Prasanna Boddupalli,Ā emphasise the importance of reorienting food production systems and agricultural policy across the Congo Basin.
El NiƱo event declared: Impacts on the Limpopo river basin in Southern Africa expected
Source: Top African News ()
The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and CIMMYT emphasize the need for continued research and efforts to understand the variation in El NiƱo impacts on maize yields in southern Africa.