Poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs
Farmer livelihoods at risk as wheat blast disease emerges in Bangladesh
International scientists are on high alert as they develop tactics to fight wheat blast in Bangladesh, which is affecting a large portion of the country’s wheat growing area.
Rebuilding livelihoods: CIMMYT helps Nepalese farmers recover from earthquake
USAID-Nepal has provided US$1 million to the CIMMYT-led Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia in Nepal (CSISA-NP) for earthquake relief and recovery.
Rebuilding livelihoods: CIMMYT supports agricultural recovery in Nepal
The gola: storing maize to improve livelihoods in Chuadanga, Bangladesh
Farmers in Chuadanga District of Bangladesh have been using a unique local method to store their maize: the gola.