Blogs
Bayer collaboration promises new innovations for South Asia farms
Climate adaptation and mitigation
CIMMYT and Bayer’s Crop Science team are looking for practical solutions to future climate-change related challenges in South Asian agriculture.
Helping Nepalese farmers adapt to climate change
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Cornell University’s Linda McCandless describes some of the agricultural challenges Nepalese farmers face after the devastating 2015 earthquake
A woman for wheat: Maricelis Acevedo takes on new role
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Maricelis Acevedo, newly appointed associate director for science for the Delivering Genetic Gain in Wheat project left her island home of Puerto Rico in 2003 to pursue a career as a pathologist and has been traveling the world ever since.
Kenyan maize nutrition and safety get boost from ancient Mexican technique
Nutrition, health and food security
Modern nixtamalization technology could increase maize uses and offer Kenyans invaluable benefits.
How improved maize gives options to farmers
Nutrition, health and food security
Improved seeds resilient to drought, disease and other stresses allow farming families to invest more in their livelihoods and children’s futures.
Assessing the potential of ICT in Pakistan’s agricultural extension
Innovations
CIMMYT’s Agricultural Innovation Program proposed a plan for applying ICT in agricultural extension in Pakistan
Tanzania seed company increases demand for drought-tolerant maize
Nutrition, health and food security
Locally adapted marketing initiatives are successfully converting farmers to the high-performing, drought-tolerant maize variety Lubango in Tanzania.
Improving diet through nutritious maize in Colombia
Innovations
A field day was organized at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture to show the advances of biofortified maize in Colombia.
SIMLESA meeting reveals many successes, gears up for phase II
Nutrition, health and food security
SIMLESA discusses progress, achievements, and ways forward through 2018 at annual meeting.
New varieties reignite maize production in Pakistan
Nutrition, health and food security
New maize varieties have the potential to increase production, enhance nutrition and strengthen national industry in Pakistan.
Global wheat breeding returns billions in benefits but stable financing remains elusive
Climate adaptation and mitigation
What do a chapati, a matza, or couscous have in common? The answer is wheat, which is a source for one-fifth of the calories and protein consumed globally.
Donors push for sustainable agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean
Capacity development
CIMMYT joins global partnership to find sustainable solutions to agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean.
CIMMYT kicks off 50th anniversary celebrations in southern Africa
Climate adaptation and mitigation
CIMMYT’s Southern Africa regional office celebrated 50 years of agriculture research for development in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Award recognizes agronomist Ram Malik for successes in India’s rice-wheat systems
Nutrition, health and food security
Ram Kanwar Malik recognized for 30 years of improving India’s rice-wheat systems.
Millions of smallholders in Africa benefit from climate resilient drought-tolerant maize
Climate adaptation and mitigation
At least 40 million smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are profiting from more than 200 new drought-tolerant varieties of maize.