Month: April 2017

Features

tag icon Capacity development

As part of a German Development Cooperation effort to aid the scaling up of agricultural innovations, Lennart Woltering recently joined CIMMYT’s Sustainable Intensification Program.

News

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Small-scale agricultural mechanization is showing signs it has the potential to fuel rural employment for youth in sub-Saharan Africa, according to researchers.

Features

tag icon Innovations

Tending her own crops gives Carolina Camacho insights into the challenges farmers face that she could never have learned in a classroom.

News

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

With appropriate funding, maize yields can continue to increase in extreme heat and drought conditions, scientists say.

Publications

tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

A new review highlights the potential for biological control programs to lift a large number of people out of poverty and create greater returns for consumers and producers.

Features

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

David Guerena recently joined CIMMYT as soil scientist-systems agronomist, he leads soils/nutrient management activities in Nepal.

News

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CIMMYT doctoral student and ETH ZĂĽrich graduate Stephanie Cheesman has won the 2017 Hans Vontobel-Preis.

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Climate 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.

Publications

tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

WhileGM foods continue to be a topic of debate in much of the developed world, few studies have focused on consumers’ acceptance of GM food in developing countries.

News

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In celebration of International Women’s Day, 150 women from villages across Haryana and Bihar, India joined to celebrate the adoption of climate-smart agriculture in their communities.