Year: 2016

Publications

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Research highlights important risks to farmers’ yields in Pakistan due to climate change.

News

tag icon Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

Despite the large numbers of women working on farms, their voices are not heard by international development policymakers, handicapping global efforts to achieve food security, Catherine Bertini says.

News

tag icon Capacity development

CIMMYT’s Director General Martin Kropff visits the organization’s office in Hyderabad, India.

News

tag icon Capacity development

CIMMYT PhD fellow Tania MartĂ­nez receives Mexican National Youth Award for her outstanding performance in academic achievement.

News

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Sustainable agricultural practices are key to feeding the global population in the face of climate change said Environmentalist Mark Lynas.

Blogs

tag icon Capacity development

Javier Valdes, country head at Syngenta Mexico, talks about collaboration with CIMMYT.

News

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Leading nutritionist sets out to educate the general public on the benefits of genetically modified crops.

News

tag icon Capacity development

China’s Vice Premier Liu Yandong visits CIMMYT to thank the organization for its contribution to China’s agricultural development over the past 30 years.

Publications

tag icon Capacity development

In this list of recent publications, we discuss new ways how development practitioners and policy makers can approach machinery adoption in Bangladesh.

News

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEO Sue Desmond-Hellmann visited CIMMYT’s headquarters in Mexico.

News

tag icon Capacity development

The 5th International Master Class on Soil Borne Pathogens of Wheat was held in Eskisehir, Turkey, on 11-23 July 2016.

News

tag icon Capacity development

State-of-art research facilities leap Africa’s Agricultural potential through modern research.

News

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

HTMA’s annual review and planning meeting was held in Kathmandu, Nepal, on 25-26 July 2016.

Features

tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

In southern Mexico and Central America a fungal maize disease known as tar spot complex is decimating yields, threatening local food security and livelihoods.

Annual reports

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