Sarah McLaughlin
Closing the investment gap for sustainable agriculture
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: Global Trade Review (16 Jan 2023)
The Ukraine crisis has triggered spikes in food and fertilizer prices, increasing poverty and hunger worldwide. But with a significant financing gap in investments aimed at supporting food systems, could unlocking new markets prove a fruitful way of mitigating food insecurity?
Exotic wheat DNA helps breed ‘climate-proof’ crops
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: Phys.org (10 Jan 2023)
Wheat containing exotic DNA from wild relatives benefits from up to 50 percent higher yields in hot weather compared with elite lines lacking these genes, according to a new study.
Tracking the development and reach of CIMMYT’s climate research
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Researchers provide data-driven approach to systematically analyze the production and diffusion of knowledge on food systems and climate change.
