Climate adaptation and mitigation
Climate change threatens to reduce global crop production, and poor people in tropical environments will be hit the hardest. More than 90% of CIMMYT’s work relates to climate change, helping farmers adapt to shocks while producing more food, and reduce emissions where possible. Innovations include new maize and wheat varieties that withstand drought, heat and pests; conservation agriculture; farming methods that save water and reduce the need for fertilizer; climate information services; and index-based insurance for farmers whose crops are damaged by bad weather. CIMMYT is an important contributor to the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security.
High-level meeting to set climate services agenda for South and Southeast Asia
Climate adaptation and mitigationLeaders from across South and South East Asia will gather next week to exchange ideas and strategies on how to support agricultural climate services in the region.
New initiative strengthens agricultural drought monitoring in Bangladesh
Climate adaptation and mitigationAs Bangladesh faces an extensive drought for the second year in a row, partnerships are working to strengthen drought monitoring programs to help farmers.
Study reveals new opportunities to cut greenhouse gas emissions in India
Climate adaptation and mitigationIndia is one of the world’s largest contributors to global warming, but simple changes in farm management can drastically cut emissions while meeting food demand.
New Publications: New environmental analysis method improves crop adaptation to climate change
Climate adaptation and mitigationBreaking Ground: Mainassara Zaman-Allah uses remote sensing to expedite phenotyping
Climate adaptation and mitigationMainassara Zaman-Allah uses new technologies to speed up the collection of plant information for breeding.
New sustainable agriculture initiative targets India’s second most populous state
Climate adaptation and mitigationA new project is bringing sustainable technologies and practices to one-thousand villages in Maharashtra, India.
New Publications: Climate change adaptation practices decrease poverty, boost food security
Climate adaptation and mitigationFarmers in Pakistan that practice climate change adaptation strategies have higher food security levels and are less likely to live in poverty than those that don’t.
Sustainable agriculture for healthy forests
Climate adaptation and mitigationAgriculture is the second largest emitter of global greenhouse gas emissions and largest driver of deforestation, making the sector one of the top contributors to climate change and biodiversity loss.
Maize breeding on track for climate change in Africa, scientist urges bigger investments
Climate adaptation and mitigationWith appropriate funding, maize yields can continue to increase in extreme heat and drought conditions, scientists say.
Breaking Ground: David Guerena transfers world-class science to smallholder farmers
Climate adaptation and mitigationDavid Guerena recently joined CIMMYT as soil scientist-systems agronomist, he leads soils/nutrient management activities in Nepal.
CIMMYT doctoral student wins award for outstanding thesis
Climate adaptation and mitigationCIMMYT doctoral student and ETH Zürich graduate Stephanie Cheesman has won the 2017 Hans Vontobel-Preis.
Breakthroughs in agriculture for action on climate change
Climate adaptation and mitigationClimate change presents a formidable challenge as one of the biggest constraints to improving food systems, food security and poverty alleviation around the world, especially for the world’s most vulnerable people.
New Publications: Study shows benefits and trade-offs of conservation agriculture in southern Africa
Climate adaptation and mitigationCIMMYT with other partners combined empirical data and results from a cropping system model to quantify benefits and trade-offs of CA in southern Africa.
CIMMYT scientist takes lead role in American Agronomy Society’s sustainable intensification community
Climate adaptation and mitigationTimothy Krupnik, systems agronomist at CIMMYT, leads the Sustainable Intensification community of the American Society for Agronomy’s Environmental Quality section.
Study reveals diversity “blueprint” to help maize crops adapt to changing climates
Climate adaptation and mitigationScientists unlock evolutionary secrets of landraces through a study of allelic diversity, revealing more about the genetic basis of flowering time and how maize adapts to variable environments.