Year: 2016

Features

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Conserving and using agricultural biodiversity to create better crops can help meet several sustainable development goals and stave off further species extinctions.

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Research centers, development agencies and governments must work together to respond to climate predictions before food crises develop, say two CIMMYT scientists.

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Leaf rust is increasingly impacting durum wheat production worldwide.

News

tag icon Capacity development

Sustainable farming practices allow smallholder farmers to improve maize yields while reducing deforestation in Mexico, report finds.

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Researchers improve global collaboration on harnessing genes in breeding that can help the crop withstand the effects of climate change.

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An online learning platform created in partnership with the Seeds of Discovery (SeeD) initiative will revolutionize the project’s capacity development efforts.

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CIMMYT’s drought-tolerant varieties have been delivered to three million farmers across Africa.

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Maize lethal necrosis poses a major concern to researchers, seed companies and farmers in sub-Saharan Africa.

News

CIMMYT offers a new set of improved maize hybrids to partners in southern Africa and similar regions, to scale up production for farmers in these areas.

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tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

Pests are likely to spread as climate change continues to impact farming systems globally, according to a new study.

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Stakeholders in the agricultural sector met in Nairobi, Kenya, for the 4th Annual Food Security Conference (AFSC) on 12-13 October 2016.

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Check out our latest fact sheet and learn how CIMMYT is responding to climate change.

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For the first time, transgenic maize hybrids that combine insect resistance and drought tolerance have been harvested from confined field trials.

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Public initiatives to facilitate the use of genetic resources must be promoted to demonstrate the value they add to agriculture for development and food security.

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CIMMYT held seed fairs in Zimbabwe to promote the sharing of information and knowledge about new seed options for farmers.