Month: September 2015
Tackling wheat rust diseases requires $108 million a year, study shows
Nutrition, health and food securityDespite efforts to develop wheat resistant to stem, stripe and leaf rusts, the diseases will continue to thwart scientists, making ongoing funding vital, a top economist has said.
Zero-till wheat raises farmers’ incomes in eastern India, research shows
Climate adaptation and mitigationEmpowering women in agriculture through SIMLESA
Capacity developmentCIMMYT and the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) of South Africa host a five-day gender training workshop in Pretoria, South Africa.
Rebuilding livelihoods: CIMMYT supports agricultural recovery in Nepal
Climate adaptation and mitigationThe world’s largest maize ear contest 2015
Nutrition, health and food securityScientist Denise Costich describes her experience as a judge in the contest to find “The World’s Largest Maize Ear” held in Jala, Nayarit, Mexico.
Why GM wheat may be the key to stave off world hunger
Nutrition, health and food securityUnless global policymakers redouble their efforts to properly support a strategy to ensure a future food supply, the current hunger crisis threatens only to get worse.
CGIAR open letter to the heads of state attending the 70th UN General Assembly
Climate adaptation and mitigationMartin Kropff and John Snape joined leaders from CGIAR centers worldwide in an open letter to the heads of state at the 70th UN General Assembly in New York.