Year: 2023

In the media

tag icon Capacity development

Source: Khabarhub (10 Dec 2023)

Nepal and CIMMYT sign 10-year pact to improve agriculture, focusing on improved production and markets.

Publications

Ethiopia leads East Africa in wheat production, with 65% of sub-Saharan Africa’s share, through improved practices and varieties developed by CIMMYT.

News Press releases

tag icon Capacity development

Agreement builds on successful partnership in southern and eastern Africa.

Publications

tag icon Environmental health and biodiversity

Sensor technology is an efficient mitigator of crop epidemic and global food security risks.

Blogs

tag icon Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

Entomologist Esther Ngumbi talks curiosity, passion for science, and the importance of mentorship.

In the media

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Source: Seek Research Magazine ()

CIMMYT collaborates with Jared Crain, former director of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Applied Wheat Genomics.

In the media

Source: CABI (5 Dec 2023)

Data fed into CIMMYT’s GAIA dashboard guides investments in agricultural lime value chains in Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Rwanda.

Publications

tag icon Innovations

Kenyan farmers’ preference for early-maturing seed underscores the importance of sales data for informed breeding decisions.

Publications

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Warming nights due to climate change are affecting wheat crops, including traditionally heat-tolerant varieties, according to a study by CIMMYT researchers. The findings underscore the need to take nighttime conditions into account when breeding resilient crop.

In the media

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Source: Farmers Review Africa (2 Nov 2023)

Blogs

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Wheat yield and adaptation demonstrate the power of collaborative research, miller group spokesperson said.