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.
Entrepreneurship increases youth employment in Nepal
Capacity development
CSISA partnership with a young entrepreneur in Nepal helps keep other youths involved in Agriculture.
Public-private partnerships boost maize productivity in Pakistan
Capacity development
A recently held traveling seminar brought together private and public seed partners in Pakistan to enhance maize production and productivity in order to meet current demand and plan for future needs.
New tools help breeders fight emerging challenges in maize
Capacity development
Researchers from across the globe assembled in Nairobi for a 10-day training course on increasing genetic gains in maize by integrating novel technologies in breeding.
Farmers at center of sustainable agriculture in Kenya
Capacity development
Climate change’s impact in eastern and southern Africa has driven many farmers to seek new planting techniques that maintain or increase crop production, despite fewer resources.
Seminar seeks to boost wheat production in West and Central Asia
Capacity development
The sixth International Winter Wheat Travelling Seminar was recently held in Krasnodar, Russia, to improve wheat breeding across West and Central Asia.
Seed certification critical to quality seed production
Capacity development
To ensure that quality seed standards are maintained, CIMMYT supports partners such as national agricultural research institutions and seed producers in acquisition and production of pure early generation seed.
Quality assurance and control ensure delivery of high quality maize seed to farmers
Capacity development
Representatives gathered to discuss how maize seed systems in Africa can be strengthened through quality assurance control measures.
Tanzanian start-up rises to profitable maize business
Capacity development
CIMMYT supports seed company partners in enhancing their capacity to produce foundation and certified seed.
Q+A: Women in Triticum award provides development opportunities and support networks for women in agriculture
Capacity development
Margaret Krause, a doctoral candidate in Plant Breeding at Cornell University, became interested in science and nature at an early age.
Sales boost seed sector growth in Nepal
Capacity development
Four Nepalese seed companies are showing signs of significant growth, with seed sales increasing nearly 60 percent since 2014.
Scaling up research for impact
Capacity development
As part of a German Development Cooperation effort to aid the scaling up of agricultural innovations, Lennart Woltering recently joined CIMMYT’s Sustainable Intensification Program.
Q+A: Agricultural mechanization fuels opportunity for youth in rural Africa
Capacity development
Small-scale agricultural mechanization is showing signs it has the potential to fuel rural employment for youth in sub-Saharan Africa, according to researchers.
India celebrates women in climate smart agriculture
Capacity development
In celebration of International Women’s Day, 150 women from villages across Haryana and Bihar, India joined to celebrate the adoption of climate-smart agriculture in their communities.
New Publications: Successful agricultural interventions require social shifts, not just technological
Capacity development
While scientific research is an important component of the development of an agricultural innovation system, it is not enough.
Breaking Ground: Akhter Ali helps transform agriculture sector in Pakistan
Capacity development
Akhter Ali always knew he wanted to have an impact on the livelihoods of farmers in Pakistan.
