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In the media

tag icon Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

Source: Food Business Africa ()

ILRI, TALIRI, and CIMMYT, funded by USAID, launch AID-L to boost poultry farming in Dodoma, Tanzania.

In the media

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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.

Features

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For its first birthday, a co-founder of the Women in Crop Science at CIMMYT, talks about their journey over the past year.

Videos

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At CIMMYT, our Women in Crop Science network is working to create a more inclusive internal and external environment. Here’s a glimpse of a day in the life of our team.

Features

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In an interview with Happy Makuru Daudi, she shares her career journey and why groundnut is a ‘woman’s crop’.

Features

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The introduction of new technology has enabled farmers in West Africa to improve the quality and minimize losses of a national staple.

In the media

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Source: Gates Notes (31 Jan 2023)

Bill Gates reflects on a recent visit to a Kenyan farm to see firsthand the results of work by CIMMYT and CGIAR.

News

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Women researchers from Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala and Peru work alongside each other on innovative project and build bonds in the hope of completing future projects.

Features

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Catch up on presentations from CIMMYT scientists and researchers at COP27, held between November 6-18.

News

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The CGIAR Women in Research and Science (WIRES) employee-led resource group recently had a virtual engagement to discuss the progress and new happenings in the group.

Features

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For World Food Day, discover how CIMMYT is improving food security, livelihoods and nutrition in South Asia, with support from ACIAR.

Features

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High-yielding purple maize, introduced into Peruvian agriculture by Alicia Medina Hoyos, is attracting global attention.

Features

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Through the CSISA project, CIMMYT is helping female farmers in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal to receive the recognition and opportunities they deserve.

Publications

tag icon Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

Male and female farmers in Ethiopia and India face different challenges to accessing new wheat varieties, discovers CIMMYT researchers.

Publications

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Reducing the gender gap in Ethiopian farming households can enhance climate change adaptation by female-headed households by almost 19%.