Year: 2015

Features

The gospel of ngamia. When despite drought, maize becomes a ‘source’ of farm labor and protein, with surplus sold to purchase a calf: “I got so much harvest, and yet I planted this seed very late, and with no fertilizer.”

Nutrition, health and food security
News

Food historian Rachel Laudan, who is currently conducting maize research, visits CIMMYT to interact with maize scientists to better understand maize in Mexico.

Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Features

Interview with Clare Stirling, co-author of a new paper, reveals almost no conservation agriculture studies consider gender and gender relations as a factor that may explain low adoption rates.

Nutrition, health and food security
News

Scientist Ravi Singh is named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for distinguished contributions to the field of agricultural research and development.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Nutrition, health and food security
News

East and Southern African countries need to formulate and implement appropriate policies to help smallholder farmers access technologies.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
Nutrition, health and food security
Nutrition, health and food security