Inclusive value chains
Strengthening maize value chains in Nepal
Innovations
The International Maize Conference highlights CIMMYT’s commitment to driving innovations, promoting knowledge sharing, and strengthening partnerships to advance Nepal’s national maize sector.
How improved seeds empower women farmers in South Kordofan
Capacity development
Working with partners, CIMMYT’s Sustainable Agrifood Systems Approach for Sudan empowers women farmers in conflict-torn South Kordofan. It provides them with training and resources to increase crop yields and enhance community self-sufficiency.
Women farmers enhance agricultural production in conflict-torn Sudan
Capacity development
In conflict-torn Sudan, women farmers are equipped with new skills and sustainable techniques to cultivate hope and abundance—doubling yields and empowering communities toward self-sufficiency.
How Kenya’s plant breeding stations are investing in women in science
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Source: Farmers Review Africa ()
CIMMYT, with CGIAR, boosts gender equality in agricultural research, enriching plant breeding with diverse insights and innovation.
Breaking ground and redefining roles in the agri engineering sector: Anjuara Begum
Capacity development
Anjuara’s journey from a widowed mother to a successful grinding operator is an inspiring story of resilience. CSISA–MEA’s light engineering training for women has not only transformed Anjuara’s life but also prompted a paradigm shift in the perception of women’s capabilities in traditionally male-dominated roles.
Women farmers turn the tide on soybean production
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
In Mozambique, women spearhead efforts to enhance soybean yields with improved agronomic practices, yielding community-wide benefits.
Enhancing partnerships for agricultural development
Capacity development
AID-I Tanzania partners make plans to step up activity implementation, achieve wider impact, and build resilience for larger populations in 2024.
CIMMYT and WorldVeg in an MoU to enhance sustainable food production, boost youth and women employment
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Source: Farmers Review Africa ()
CIMMYT, in collaboration with World Vegetable Center, has embarked on a partnership to enhance sustainable food production and employment for youth and women.
Empowering women smallholder farmers in Africa with climate-resilient and nutritious maize varieties
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
CIMMYT-NARES regional maize breeding networks empower farmers, especially women, to ensure food security in the face of climate change.
Community Business Facilitator: providing a service to farmers while increasing community access to nutritious food
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Women farmers in Nepal are increasing their income and leading positive change in their communities through capacity building programs in mechanization and post-harvest management.
Decolonization should extend to collaborations, authorship and co-creation of knowledge
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Source: Nature (22 Nov 2022)
Sieglinde Snapp identifies opportunities for improving inclusivity in the biosciences.
Opinion: Feeding people on this warming Earth requires future-proofing our agri-food systems. Here’s how.
Nutrition, health and food security
Source: MarketWatch (23 Sep 2022)
Models of funding for agricultural research and development (R&D) need to adapt in order for the world to meet current challenges to agrifood systems.
