Podcasts
Cobs & Spikes podcast: What is conservation agriculture?
Sustainable farming method can increase resilience to climate change, protect biodiversity and sustainably use natural resources.
Cobs & Spikes podcast: Interview with Juan Gonzalo Jaramillo Mejia on social inclusion
Taking a social inclusion lens to social protection and the role of men in gender equality.
Cobs & Spikes podcast: Women in wheat science
Wheat physiologist Carolina Rivera shares what it is like to be a woman in agricultural science working on one of the world’s biggest problems — how to feed a growing planet.
Cobs & Spikes podcast: Striving for higher quality, more nutritious maize
Feeding the world’s population is only part of the challenge — we must also strive for higher-quality, more nutritious crops.
Cobs & Spikes: Jump-starting Haiti’s maize seed sector
In 2017, CIMMYT sent 150 tons of new and improved maize seed to the Caribbean nation to jump-start its maize seed sector, improve food security and decrease malnutrition.
Cobs & Spikes podcast: Hello Tractor and agricultural innovation
Dubbed the “Uber for the farm”, Hello Tractor’s app easily allows tractor owners to rent their machinery to farmers and to improve business and operations.
Cobs & Spikes podcast: Nitrogen science explainer
Discover the natural process of nitrogen fixation, which transforms atmospheric nitrogen into a form our bodies can use.
Cobs & Spikes podcast: Blue maize opportunities for Mexican farmers
Find out how CIMMYT researchers are helping Mexican farmers tap into emerging markets for blue maize.
Cobs & Spikes podcast: Matthew Rouse discusses research on wheat diseases
We talk to the recipient of the World Food Prize 2018 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application. Rouse is being recognized for his work on Ug99.
CIMMYT launches new podcast, Cobs & Spikes
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