Year: 2019

Senior Agricultural Economist
News

tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

Researchers found farmers who increased both the area growing resistant varieties and the number of wheat varieties grown per season saw the biggest yield increases.

Features

tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

A demand-driven, multi-lens approach ensures the best maize varieties are available to seed companies and farmers.

In the media

tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

Source: The Economic Times (15 Sep 2019)

CIMMYT has released eleven varieties of nutritious zinc wheat in India.

In the media

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Source: News Ghana (13 Sep 2019)

CIMMYT has developed a variety of seeds to meet the varied needs of Kenyan farmers.

Features

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Visiting scientist Roi Ben-David discusses Israel’s exotic germplasm gap and ongoing efforts to restore the country’s lost wheat landrace collections.

Features

tag icon Innovations

This tool allows to identify varieties used by farmers and to track the adoption and impact of improved crops.

Features

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Partner field days in Kenya presented sustainable solutions to crop threats and innovations in seed and agronomy.

News

tag icon Capacity development

STMA project training focused on latest developments in maize research and data collection.

Features

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CABI’s CEO Trevor Nicholls and CIMMYT’s Director General Martin Kropff analyze the challenges and opportunities for family farmers in the next decade.

Features

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AGRF 2019 discussed digital transformation as key driver of sustainable food systems in Africa.

Publications

tag icon Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

An agricultural organization led by indigenous Santal women is also benefiting low-income Muslim women.

News

tag icon Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

An alternative conceptual framework uses a process-oriented approach to understand technological change that focuses more on the agency of different social actors in the agricultural system.

News

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Bottlenecks between basic and applied plant science jeopardize life-saving crop improvements.

In the media News

tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

Source: Gatra (3 Sep 2019)

CIMMYT and the Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development sign MoU.