Sustainable agrifood systems
Taming wheat blast
Environmental health and biodiversityResearchers point out the future of the disease, the ways to manage it and prevent it from spreading — within and across continents.
Govt mulling mechanization to boost jute production
Capacity developmentSource: Dhaka Tribune (29 Sep 2021)
Bangladesh wants to expand the work of the Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia-Mechanization Extension Activity (CSISA-MEA) project in Bogra, Jessore, Faridpur and Cox’s Bazar to the rest of the country.
The UN Food Systems Summit has arrived
Nutrition, health and food securityCIMMYT and CGIAR contributions to the SDGs highlighted in new campaign.
CIMMYT becomes partner of choice in PepsiCo and Grupo Trimex’s sustainability strategy
Environmental health and biodiversityThe food and beverage company will source wheat produced sustainably from a milling company that buys grain from farmers in the BajĂo region of Mexico who will participate in CIMMYT’s research and capacity building networks.
Mechanization takes off
Capacity developmentSuccessful establishment of an agricultural machinery workshop in Meki signals a boost for private sector-driven mechanization in Ethiopia.
Understanding decision support
Environmental health and biodiversityResearchers study the design, delivery and use of digital decision-support tools for smallholder maize farmers in northern Nigeria.
Agricultural scientist Balwinder Singh awarded ‘Alumnus of the Year’ by a prestigious Australian university
Capacity developmentSource: SBS Punjabi (8 Sep 2021)
The Indian researcher leads CIMMYT’s environmental analytics work in South Asia, where he addresses the region’s productivity and sustainability challenges in cereal systems.
Building resilient and sustainable irrigation for food security in Nepal
Climate adaptation and mitigationA new initiative will monitor groundwater and will provide a framework for sustainable irrigation practices.
Greenhouse technologies used to develop resilient maize and wheat varieties
InnovationsSource: Horti Daily (26 Aug 2021)
At CIMMYT’s experimental station in Toluca, Mexico, scientists use greenhouse technologies to develop improved varieties that boost production, prevent crop disease and improve smallholder farmers’ livelihood.