Year: 2021

Features

tag icon Capacity development

Legacy websites and photo exhibition mark the closing of the CGIAR Research Programs on Maize and Wheat, and their impact on sustainable agricultural development.

Blogs

tag icon Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

Building on impact of GENNOVATE, scientists recommend integrating gender-transformative research and methodologies into the new CGIAR Initiatives.

Features

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

At global climate summit, CIMMYT scientists share adaptation and mitigation solutions for farmers, and call for increased funding for agricultural research.

News

tag icon Nutrition, health and food security
Features

tag icon Environmental health and biodiversity

Researchers hypothesized that many wild wheat accessions in genebanks feature useful traits that can help diversify breeding programs.

In the media

tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

Source: The Washington Post (22 Nov 2021)

Harvard Professor Gabriela Soto Laveaga stresses the importance of tackling hunger as more than a technical problem to be addressed through scientific advancement alone, praising CGIAR for its community-centered approach to food systems amid the climate crisis.

In the media

tag icon Capacity development

Source: New Age (21 Nov 2021)

CIMMYT-Bangladesh country representative Timothy J. Krupnik was the guest of honor at a workshop organized by Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute on fall armyworm management.

In the media

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Source: Daily Times (21 Nov 2021)

At COP26, Special Assistant to Pakistan’s Prime Minister on Climate Change said that a transboundary dialogue on mitigating air pollution was imperative to resolve Lahore’s smog.

News

tag icon Capacity development

Researchers listed among world’s most influential scholars, based on citations.

In the media

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Source: The Times of India (13 Nov 2021)

ML Jat speaks with The Times of India about the work of CIMMYT and its partners on diversification and carbon credits—two futuristic ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in India.

Features

tag icon Innovations

Researchers explore how coupling automation with drip irrigation can enhance water use efficiency and productivity, especially in South Asia’s cereal-based systems.

In the media

tag icon Environmental health and biodiversity

Source: World Grain (11 Nov 2021)

Ravi Singh, head of global wheat improvement at CIMMYT, received the 2021 Borlaug Global Rust Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award.

Features

tag icon Innovations

Service providers offering mechanized services in Masvingo District, southern Zimbabwe realize quick gains in early months of the pilot.

Features

tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

Efforts to support inclusive and equitable access to seeds by farmers should recognize the different seed systems and the complementarity of formal and informal seed systems.

In the media

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Source: The Citizen (8 Nov 2021)

ML Jat points out some advantages of the bewar system, a climate-resilient alternative to plantation agriculture in India.