seeds
Balanced fertilizer application boosts smallholder incomes
Precision nutrient management helps women farmers in Nepal increase crop yields and household incomes.
Creating impact through wider data sharing
Platform in Bihar, India uses data to design interventions to help smallholder farmers.
Starting with Seeds
CIMMYT and partners in sub-Saharan Africa work with seed companies to invest in deployment of climate-resilient and nutritionally enriched maize seed.
‘Seeds for Needs’ approach to develop climate resilient crop varieties
Source: India Science Wire (22 Sep 2020)
Approach combines farmers’ knowledge of resilient crops with ‘elite’ varieties identified by scientists.
Crop-loss Assessment Monitor: A multi-model and multistage decision support system
Study shows how the Crop-loss Assessment Monitor could help improve loss assessment and make crop insurance more efficient.
Gauging the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on farming communities and agribusinesses in Nepal
A survey conducted by CIMMYT researchers collected insights from over 200 key value-chain market actors.
Reaping the benefits of innovation
Service provider harvest model could create opportunities for young African entrepreneurs while reducing carbon emissions.
Preserving the legacy of biodiversity
Maize and wheat seeds from all over the world are preserved at the CIMMYT genebank, used to bring new varieties to farmers, and backed up at the Global Seed Vault.
Out of the classroom and into the field
Malawian smallholders tackle challenges together using the farmer field school approach.
Collective efforts to fight fall armyworm in Nepal
Stakeholders work together to strengthen systems for detecting, mitigating and managing the invasion of the destructive pest.
Smartphones drive data collection revolution, boost climate-smart agriculture in Bangladesh
For the first time widespread monitoring examines how farmers are coping with climate stresses.
Ten new CIMMYT-developed maize varieties released in Pakistan
New maize varieties to bolster seed sector and enhance farm productivity.
New project strengthens capacity to fight fall armyworm in Bangladesh
Public and private partners join forces to mitigate voracious pest.
Seed systems in Nepal are going digital
Digital seed information system will connect farmers to information and seed suppliers.
What it takes to bring the best seed to farmers
CIMMYT’s board witnesses the results of impactful research and market partnerships in Kenya.