While traveling through Africa and stopping at CIMMYT’s regional offices, I had the pleasure of meeting the President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, and discussing ways of enhancing agricultural productivity in the face of erratic rains expected in the 2018-19 farming season.
Read a news story about this meeting on The Herald: https://www.herald.co.zw/forecast-drought-ed-engages-experts/
Nutrition, health and food security
CIMMYT held seed fairs in Zimbabwe to promote the sharing of information and knowledge about new seed options for farmers.
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Government officials, researchers and experts developed a list of recommendations going forward.
Climate adaptation and mitigation
CIMMYT’s drought-tolerant varieties have been delivered to three million farmers across Africa.
