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The Zimbabwe Agricultural Show, an annual event attracting over 200,000 people, serves as a premier platform to foster and promote agricultural development in Zimbabwe.

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tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

Source: China Today (19 Sep 2023)

Former CIMMYT’s director general (2008-2016), Dr. Thomas A. Lumpkin, talks about climate change, international cooperation and the future of food security.

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Source: SeedWorld (10 Sep 2023)

Fernando Gonzalez, a retired plant breeder from CIMMYT, participated in the webinar hosted by Seed World Group, unveiling possible paths forward public and private plant breeding efforts.

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tag icon Environmental health and biodiversity

Source: AgriLink (31 Mar 2023)

The fodder chopper implemented by CIMMYT has been a game-changer for female farmers and wider rural economies in Bangladesh.

Features

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A village in the Indian state of Bihar boasts 100% zero-till technology adoption, helping improve agriculture production and climate change mitigation.

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One CGIAR System Board Chair Lindiwe Majele Sibanda shares lessons from her life and wide-ranging career.

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Source: The Herald (12 Sep 2023)

CIMMYT hosted a meeting to reflect upon the HAFIZ project nearest end, shaping the future of mechanisation policies and interventions in Zimbabwe.

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Helping great innovations scale to successful implementation.

Publications

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CIMMYT and JIRCAS research aims to identify the mechanisms plants use to mitigate nitrogen losses.

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tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Source: NewsDay (7 Sep 2023)

CIMMYT in partnership with various research institutions, seeks to increase livestock production and productivity by farmers through the Livestock Production Systems in Zimbabwe (LIPS-Zim) project.

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CIMMYT highlights the value of neglected crops in Latin America through new methodologies and initiatives.

Publications

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New study by CIMMYT researchers shows how multi-temporal, high-resolution satellite images can be used effectively to monitor breeding maize and wheat breeding plots in diverse environments.

In the media

Source: Michigan News (1 Sep 2023)

New study analyzes historical data on groundwater levels, climate and crop water stress to look for recent changes in withdrawal rates due to warming.

In the media

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Source: Mongabay (28 Aug 2023)

CIMMYT research, Prasanna Boddupalli, emphasise the importance of reorienting food production systems and agricultural policy across the Congo Basin.

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tag icon Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

Breaking barriers and changing the leadership equation through women as catalysts of change.