Month: November 2017
Breaking Ground: Leonard Rusinamhodzi on innovating farming systems for climate change
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Leonard Rusinamhodzi works with African farmers to innovate farming systems in the face of climate change.
How smarter financing can boost Nepal’s seed sector
Innovations
Nepal’s push to grow its seed sector is expanding to banking, with new financial measures expected to benefit seed companies across the country.
Establishing a soil borne pathogen research center in Turkey
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Turkey’s Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock has for the first time allocated funding to establish a world-class center for research on soil borne pathogens.
How does CIMMYT’s improved maize get to the farmer?
This infographic explains exactly how CIMMYT ensures that its improved maize gets to the smallholder farmers that need them most, from product development to release an commercialization, thinking of and working with farmers at every step of the way.
New publications: How climate-smart is conservation agriculture?
Climate adaptation and mitigation
A new study shows that while CA is well suited to helping farmers adapt to, and even increase profits in changing climates, there is considerable uncertainty about how much CA contributes to the mitigation aspect.
Climate disasters are closing in. Why have we forgotten farmers?
Climate adaptation and mitigation
With fragile food systems at the mercy of the increasingly erratic weather, they stand to lose a lot more than those of us with the resilience to bounce back.
Better farmer access to machinery eases crop residue burning in India
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Farmers in India are benefitting from technological innovations that can help prevent damaging smog levels in the capital Delhi and other areas.
World leaders: Back climate change action in agriculture to give our food system a fighting chance
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Helping farming families thrive while fighting climate change in Mexico
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Women and youth help lead efforts to adopt climate-friendly farming and safeguard indigenous maize yields.
New Publications: Conservation agriculture increases the adaptive capacity of cropping systems
Climate adaptation and mitigation
A new study examined over 700 independent studies to find out if Conservation Agriculture works in a variety of environmental conditions in tropical areas.
Governments must raise, not cut, funding for food security
Nutrition, health and food security
Source: Financial Times (7 Nov 2017)
Research into future-proof crops is needed to combat hunger, conflict and migration.
A network for future-proof foods to combat hunger, conflict and migration
Nutrition, health and food security
CIMMYT wheat physiologist Matthew Reynolds presents a new proposal for expanding the wheat network to include other major food crops and speed farmers’ adoption of vital technologies.
Climate insurance for farmers: a shield that boosts innovation
Climate adaptation and mitigation
New insurance products geared towards smallholder farmers can help them recover their losses, and even encourage investment in climate-resilient innovations.
