Innovations
Working with smallholders to understand their needs and build on their knowledge, CIMMYT brings the right seeds and inputs to local markets, raises awareness of more productive cropping practices, and works to bring local mechanization and irrigation services based on conservation agriculture practices. CIMMYT helps scale up farmers’ own innovations, and embraces remote sensing, mobile phones and other information technology. These interventions are gender-inclusive, to ensure equitable impacts for all.
African, Chinese stakeholders convene in Kenya amid call to transform food systems
Innovations
Source: Xinhuanet ()
China and Africa’s leaders gathered in Nairobi to explore innovative strategies for transforming agrifood systems at the Africa-China-CIMMYT Science Forum.
Helping farmers access waterlogged agricultural lands amid prevailing food insecurity in Sudan
Environmental health and biodiversity
CIMMYT’s Sustainable Agrifood Systems Approach for Sudan (SASAS) program works to ensure that farmers have access to rich agricultural lands to cultivate their main staple and cash crops and enhance food production amid escalating conflict and prevailing food insecurity.
Linking sustainable agricultural methods
Climate adaptation and mitigation
CIMMYT researchers examine the possibility and benefits of linking Conservation Agriculture and carbon credits.
Embracing the future of crop breeding
Innovations
Source: Farmers Guide ()
Wheet breeder, Bill Angus, highlighted CIMMYT’s success in global crop breeding as a model for improving the UK’s agricultural strategies
CIMMYT Distinguished Scientist Matthew Reynolds named recipient of the 2024 International Crop Science Award
Climate adaptation and mitigation
The annual award recognizes individuals who have made excellent contributions to crop science through knowledge-sharing, national and international collaboration, and research impact.
Eight-year study in India by CGIAR and ICAR scientists suggests adoption of Conservation Agriculture can boost yields and manage an increasing carbon footprint
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Agronomists, social scientists, and climate experts study the advantages of integrating Conservation Agriculture into a wide range of cropping systems practiced in the Western Indo-Gangetic Plains.
SKUAST-K Maize Improvement Programme: Transforming Challenges into Bountiful Harvests
Innovations
The SKUAST-K Maize Improvement Programme, with CIMMYT, is transforming maize farming in Jammu and Kashmir
Enhancing the resilience of our farmers and our food systems: global collaboration at DialogueNEXT
Capacity development
CIMMYT and the World Food Prize Foundation co-organized DialogueNEXT—Seeds of strength: Nurturing farmer resilience, held at CIMMYT headquarters in Mexico from 10 to 11 July 2024. The event brought together scientists, agribusiness leaders, farmers, and policymakers from over 200 organizations and 55 nations, to help shape global collaboration and strategies for sustainably producing nutritious food for all, within planetary boundaries.
Unlocking Zambia’s maize potential through crop diversity
Environmental health and biodiversity
CIMMYT and ZARI trial different methods to increase maize productivity.
CIMMYT scientists deliver training to improve agriculture in Uzbekistan
Capacity development
Agricultural scientists from Uzbekistan completed training on genetic resources and gene banks in TĂĽrkiye to build research cooperation and enhance agricultural knowledge across the region.
There’s an increasing interest for hubs in Mexico
Capacity development
Under the umbrella of CGIAR’s initiative in Excellence in Agronomy, worldwide experts are coming to Mexico to learn more about the hubs’ methodology and how its scientific results are reaching farmers.
Experts discuss strategies to address soil health challenges and the fertilizer crisis in Africa
Innovations
Fertilizer plays a vital role in agriculture, yet often negatively impacts the environment. At the 2024 Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health (AFSH) Summit, experts shared their experiences of addressing this global challenge.
