Cheap maize sheller saves farmers tens of hours
InnovationsSource: Farm Biz Africa (12 Jul 2020)
CIMMYT research affirms time and cost-saving advantages of sheller for smallholder maize farmers in Kenya.
New fall armyworm portal launched to help facilitate greater research collaboration
Nutrition, health and food securityPortal will encourage rapid, iterative experimentation and global teamwork to address spread and impact of the invasive crop pest.
Annual Report 2019 launched
InnovationsCIMMYT’s work may begin with seeds, but our innovations support farmers at all stages of the value chain.
Turn annuals into perennials. Does the farmer want that?
InnovationsSource: Trouw (28 Jun 2020)
Opinions differ on if world food production could be improved if annual crops, such as maize, rice, wheat and vegetables, could be turned into perennials.
Researchers urged to use common gender keywords to improve data impact
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionA lack of consistent keywords when tagging research is leading to holes in searches for gender research across CGIAR, the world’s largest network of agricultural researchers. A more systematic and sharper use of keywords when describing datasets will improve findability in searches.
Improved heat-resistant wheat varieties are identified
Climate adaptation and mitigationSource: Phys.org (16 Jun 2020)
CIMMYT and University of Cordoba studied 54 kinds of wheat to analyze response to high temperatures.