Capacity development
CIMMYT training courses play a critical role in helping international researchers meet national food security and resource conservation goals. By sharing knowledge to build communities of agricultural knowledge in less developed countries, CIMMYT empowers researchers to aid farmers. In turn, these farmers help ensure sustainable food security. In contrast to formal academic training in plant breeding and agronomy, CIMMYT training activities are hands-on and highly specialized. Trainees from Africa, Asia and Latin America benefit from the data assembled and handled in a global research program. Alumni of CIMMYT courses often become a significant force for agricultural change in their countries.
Exploring young Africans’ role and engagement in the rural economy
Capacity development
How important is farming relative to non-farm activities for the income of young rural Africans?
Drought-tolerant hybrid seed offers farmers reprieve from hunger
Capacity development
Farmers are reaping the benefits of SAWA hybrid, an improved maize seed variety designed to withstand drought conditions.
Policy forum in Mozambique recommends scaling sustainable agriculture practices
Capacity development
Unsustainable farming practices like monocropping are impacting soil health and reducing the productivity of farms.
Women’s equality crucial for Ethiopia’s agricultural productivity
Capacity development
Source: The Reporter (16 Feb 2019)
A new report shows that gender inequality in Ethiopia is hampering efforts to reach the government’s goal of wheat self-sufficiency by 2022.
Meet the role models for the next generation of women and girls in science
Capacity development
Abdul Fatah, Khanal and Molero are helping pave the way for the next generation of female scientists.
Cobs & Spikes: Jump-starting Haiti’s maize seed sector
Capacity development
In 2017, CIMMYT sent 150 tons of new and improved maize seed to the Caribbean nation to jump-start its maize seed sector, improve food security and decrease malnutrition.
Scaling to new heights in agriculture
Capacity development
Projects are looking at scaling strategies to go beyond the numbers reached within a project and include sustainability and transformation.
Call for nominees for the 2019 Maize Youth Innovators Awards – Africa
Capacity development
Open to young women and men below 35 years of age who are implementing innovations in African maize-based agri-food systems.
University of Queensland student researches tan spot resistance in wheat at CIMMYT
Capacity development
Tamaya Peressini’s project aimed to evaluate adult plant resistance to tan spot in wheat.
International Maize Improvement Consortium for Africa ramps up seed innovations
Capacity development
CIMMYT launched the consortiumin May 2018, to better engage with a committed set of partners and to achieve enhanced maize yields in Africa.
CIMMYT celebrates AWARD’s ten years empowering African women in agricultural research
Capacity development
The AWARD program advocates for a more gender-responsive agricultural research ecosystem.
Visiting researcher from Malaysia studies growing importance of maize and wheat in the country
Capacity development
Fazleen Abdul Fatah notes that few studies document shifts between cereals.
Best of 2018: Editors’ picks
Capacity development
In 2018, we published more than 200 stories related to maize and wheat science around the world. Here are some of our favorites.
International coalition keeps devastating maize disease at bay, but risks still linger
Capacity development
Delegates review the third year’s progress of the MLN Diagnostics and Management Project.
Extension materials on best agronomic practices endorsed by government of Nepal
Capacity development
