2015 Archives

News 2 Oct 2015

16 new CIMMYT maize lines released

Features 30 Sep 2015

Tackling wheat rust diseases requires $108 million a year, study shows

Despite 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.

Features 30 Sep 2015

Zero-till wheat raises farmers’ incomes in eastern India, research shows

News 30 Sep 2015

Robert Zeigler

News 28 Sep 2015

Minimizing yield losses via conservation agriculture

News 23 Sep 2015

Empowering women in agriculture through SIMLESA

CIMMYT and the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) of South Africa host a five-day gender training workshop in Pretoria, South Africa.

Features 23 Sep 2015

Rebuilding livelihoods: CIMMYT supports agricultural recovery in Nepal

News 21 Sep 2015

Bhutan releases its first winter wheat variety

Features 21 Sep 2015

Videos sharpen Bangladeshi farmers’ interest in farm mechanization

News 21 Sep 2015

Statistical support for the Turkish wheat community

News 21 Sep 2015

Improved sowing for a quality harvest: certified maize seed production training in Celaya

News 21 Sep 2015

CIMMYT goes to college

Features 21 Sep 2015

The world’s largest maize ear contest 2015

Scientist Denise Costich describes her experience as a judge in the contest to find “The World’s Largest Maize Ear” held in Jala, Nayarit, Mexico.

Features 21 Sep 2015

Sustainable intensification in China: doing more with less

Blogs 21 Sep 2015

Why GM wheat may be the key to stave off world hunger

Unless 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.

Year: 2015