Year: 2019
Launching digital agro-climate advisory platform in Ethiopia
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: The Reporter (16 Nov 2019)
New platform will put resilience at the center of livelihoods in response to rising populations, growing food demand and ecological crisis.
Seeds of hope
Innovations
Stress-tolerant maize varieties are transforming lives in northern Uganda.
CIMMYT wheat scientists receive top honors from US agricultural scientists
Innovations
Hans-Joachim Braun and Alexey Morgunov receive awards and fellowships at annual meeting of crop science peers.
How Haryana cut stubble burning this season
Innovations
Source: Down to Earth (13 Nov 2019)
The state of Haryana has supplied machines like the Happy Seeder to farmers, who saw costs drop and yields increase this year.
Breakthrough in genetic research to improve SNB resistance in new wheat varieties
Nutrition, health and food security
Source: The Avon Valley and Wheat Belt Advocate (13 Nov 2019)
Four wheat lines from CIMMYT and ICARDA showed good resistance to fungal disease stagonospora nodorum blotch in assessment.
Closing the yield gap: Why localized analysis matters
Nutrition, health and food security
The effect of factors limiting production differs across regions, researchers observe.
Thomas Payne honored at gathering of crop science peers
Innovations
Head of CIMMYT Wheat Germplasm Bank receives Frank N. Meyer Medal for contributions to germplasm collection, conservation and use.
India pollution: How a farming revolution could solve stubble burning
Innovations
Source: Deustche Welle (8 Nov 2019)
CIMMYT scientist M.L. Jat argues that India now needs to undergo a second, “evergreen” revolution, driven by technology such as the happy seeder.
Resilient agriculture: Several agreements concluded
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: L'Economiste (5 Nov 2019)
CIMMYT, ICARDA and the Adaptation of African Agriculture Initiative join forces to prevent small farmers from suffering the effects of climate change.
Scientists develop an early warning system that delivers wheat rust predictions directly to farmers’ phones
Innovations
New research describes a revolutionary early warning system that can predict and mitigate wheat rust diseases in Ethiopia.
Vietnam strengthens ties with CIMMYT
Capacity development
Visit to CIMMYT headquarters reaffirms research collaboration.
Fight against fall armyworm in Asia benefits from experience in other regions
Capacity development
Scientists mobilize African and Latin American knowledge to protect Asia’s maize.
New tools guide interventions against acid soils in Africa using lime
Capacity development
Experts are developing data and dashboards to advise policymakers about the cost and feasibility of liming to increase maize productivity.
What it takes to bring the best seed to farmers
Capacity development
CIMMYT’s board witnesses the results of impactful research and market partnerships in Kenya.
New publications: Special collection on wheat genetics and breeding
Nutrition, health and food security
Researchers present highlights from 40 years of collaboration on wheat genomics, breeding for disease resistance and quality improvement.