Sustainable agrifood systems
Connect rural areas with digital innovations to unlock climate resilience for hundreds of millions of farmers
Innovations
Jawoo Koo, IFPRI, and Andrea Gardeazabal, CIMMYT, explain how smallholders in Africa, Asia and Latin America will benefit from the CGIAR Initiative for Digital Innovation.
Scientist urges upgrades to monitor groundwater use for agriculture in low-income countries
Innovations
Successful testing of phone-based groundwater monitoring in the Nepal Terai was described at World Water Week in Stockholm.
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.
The world cannot ignore the global food crisis and its consequences
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: Des Moines Register (25 Sep 2022)
Cary Fowler, US Special Envoy for Global Food Security, mentions CIMMYT as one example of institutions “contributing significantly to global food security.”
MasAgro is “a gift for Africa”
Capacity development
CIMMYT’s Board of Trustees were impressed with MasAgro’s outcomes in Mexico and its potential for replication in Africa.
Regenerative agriculture in Mexico: the case of Bimbo
Environmental health and biodiversity
Source: Opportimes (22 Sep 2022)
Grupo Bimbo and CIMMYT partnership aims to improve regenerative agricultural practices for wheat and maize in Mexico.
After the flood
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Soil health and water infrastructure measures needed to restore wheat production in Pakistan, in rural communities devastated by major flooding.
Can we accelerate gender equality?
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Exacerbated by the pandemic, women are still facing inequality across all areas, including health and livelihoods. CIMMYT is working to make parity a reality.
Integrated initiative launches in Nepal, India and Bangladesh
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Collaborative project between CGIAR research centers aiming to improve food security in South Asia launches in three countries.
Drought-tolerant maize and use of forecasting in agriculture praised by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Climate adaptation and mitigation
CIMMYT and CGIAR scientists develop drought-tolerant maize and use forecast information to prevent the spread of crop diseases.
