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Precision nutrient management helps women farmers in Nepal increase crop yields and household incomes.

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The status quo anchors our minds to the past. Good change management can shake this up. Here are four ways plant breeding programs can ready themselves for the big changes we need to make.

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CSISA project suggests pathways to remove barriers inhibiting full use of groundwater irrigation infrastructure in Nepal’s Terai region.

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The ā€œlearning by doingā€ concept helps farmers in Zimbabwe successfully adopt sustainable agriculture principles.

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tag icon Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

The Scaling Up community of practice discusses challenges and opportunities for an improved ā€œnew normalā€ for agriculture, research and development.

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tag icon Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

Is it up to the village men? Or women, too?

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How can we feed more people while protecting nature and biodiversity?

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tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

The effect of factors limiting production differs across regions, researchers observe.

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Experts are developing data and dashboards to advise policymakers about the cost and feasibility of liming to increase maize productivity.

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How plant breeding helps to feed the world.

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CIMMYT’s director general and CABI’s CEO propose six ways to support family farmers.

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Transition to sustainable farming using concepts from ancestral food production systems leads to healthier soils and diets in Mexico.

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The global food system needs to be transformed to respond to the health and nutrition needs of the future. To achieve this, however, there needs to be a strong global program to prevent greater threats from climate change.

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tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

If we take care of our soils, our soils will take care of us.

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Winner of the 2018 MAIZE-Asia Youth Innovators Award in the category of ā€œChange Agentā€ shares her thoughts on tackling hunger.