Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

Gender and other social differences such as age, wealth and ethnicity, have an enormous influence upon the success of agricultural interventions. To ensure equitable impacts and benefits to rural people, CIMMYT emphasizes inclusive research and development interventions. Starting with the collection of data on gender and social differences, efforts are underway to address these gaps and ensure equitable adoption of technologies and practice. This includes working towards gender-equitable control of productive assets and resources; technologies that reduce women’s labor; and improved capacity of women and youth to participate in decision-making.

Press releases

tag icon Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

The annual award recognizes outstanding achievements and contributions by scientists, engineers, or other professionals in the agricultural, environmental, or food sectors to the advancement of science through communication in public policy fields.

In the media

tag icon Capacity development

Source: Global Citizen (21 Apr 2023)

CIMMYT gender research helps the Agrovita program, a collaboration between PepsiCo and Proforest, a UK-based agriculture non-profit, to design and promote gender sensitive training programs for smallholder cacao farmers in Tabasco and Chiapas, Mexico.

Features

tag icon Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

CIMMYT’s efforts to align with FAO recommendations to strengthen women’s roles in food systems.

News

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Harisankar Nayak’s thesis honored at a ceremony hosted by India’s Vice President

Press releases

tag icon Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

The Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) is pleased to announce the 2023 Jeanie Borlaug Laube Women in Triticum (WIT) Early Career and Mentor awardees, recognizing excellence in science and leadership for a wheat-secure future.

Projects

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation
Features

tag icon Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

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

Projects

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation
Projects

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation
Projects

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation
Videos

tag icon Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

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

tag icon Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

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

Features

tag icon Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

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

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

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

tag icon Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

Over the past 12 years, the Jeanie Borlaug Laube Women in Triticum award has supported 66 early-career women scientists as they build a stronger, more inclusive community of wheat scholars fighting hunger worldwide.