Archive for December, 2013

By Luis Narro/CIMMYT The computer programming language “R” can help crop researchers with data analysis and interpretation, students learned during a course on the tool this month. Held at the Nationa …

By Ricardo Curiel /CIMMYT CIMMYT work in Mexico could provide safeguards against climate change challenges. Eighty maize and wheat experts met in Guadalajara, Jalisco State, Mexico from 21 to 23 Octob …

By Hae Koo Kim/CIMMYT A new pocket-sized sensor could bring precision agriculture within reach of smallholder farmers in Ethiopia. Precision agriculture uses data from high-tech observations to assess …

By Dagne Wegary/CIMMYT The Australian Ambassador to Ethiopia paid her first visit to a CIMMYT program this month and commended efforts to improve livelihoods in resource-poor rural households. On her …

By Jack McHugh /CIMMYT Jack McHugh, CIMMYT, and Yuan Hanmin, NAAFS, introduce participants to conservation agriculture in Litong district. The presentation was organized and supported by Bei Bing (in …

By Alexey Morgounov/CIMMYT More than 650 people from 75 countries attended the International Plant Breeding Congress in Antalya, Turkey, from 11 to 14 November. The congress was organized by the Turki …

By Adefris Teklewold and Dagne Wegary Developing Ethiopia’s seed sector can help bring quality protein maize (QPM) to people at risk of protein deficiencies, participants in a seed production training …

By Guillermina Sosa Mendoza/CIMMYT Members of the collaborative network to test and share CIMMYT experimental maize lines and varieties for Mexico’s highlands learned about the latest improved materia …

By Emma Quilligan/CIMMYT More than 70 experts on maize, millet, rice, sorghum and wheat identified cross-cutting priorities and goals to address climate change, one of the most pressing issues for foo …