CIMMYT projects working to enhance business agility of South Asian seed companies
June 18, 2018The seed industry in Nepal, as in most developing countries, is still emerging and largely untapped. Lack of availability of start-up working capital, business incentives in the sector, new technologi …
Better farming practices key to combating desertification and drought
June 15, 2018Combating desertification and drought is critical, but focusing on the bigger challenge of unsustainable agriculture can deliver more for farmers. Research from India offers new insights on practical …
New publications: Training farmers how to help farmers
June 14, 2018Wheat residues on an experimental plot under conservation agriculture. Photo: X. Fonseca/CIMMYT. A new study has found that farmers are the best people to talk to farmers about new agricultural practi …
CIMMYT director general visits India
June 13, 2018Work plan signing ceremony, Kropff and Mohapatra. Photo: CIMMYT. Last week director general of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Martin Kropff touched down in India. For K …
Agricultural researchers boost fight against malnutrition with staple crops
June 12, 2018Tandoori bread (Photo: CIMMYT/Carlos Guzmán). Breeding research by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is generating not only higher-yielding maize and wheat varieties but al …
Maize partners collaborate to maintain yield gain momentum in Pakistan
June 12, 2018Last year’s maize-growing season in Pakistan yielded a record-breaking six-million tons, decreasing the country’s dependence on imported maize seed and boosting local sales and exports of maize-based …
Seed companies are responsible for creating demand for quality protein maize
June 12, 2018Recently, the CIMMYT-led, Global Affairs Canada-funded, Nutritious Maize for Ethiopia project has led field visits for a number of high-level stakeholders.
On-the job training boosts drought monitoring skills in Bangladesh
June 5, 2018A two-week on the job training took place in March on the application of remote sensing in drought monitoring and crop mapping in Kathmandu, Nepal to build the capacity of young and mid-career profess …
New Publications: Tackling the wheat blast threat in South Asia
May 31, 2018This blast-infected wheat spike contains no grain, only chaff. Photo: CIMMYT files. A spatial mapping and ex ante study regarding the risk and potential spread in South Asia of wheat blast, a mysterio …
Tar Spot Complex a potential big black spot on US maize economy
May 30, 2018A new study shows that nearly 12 million hectares of the maize-growing USA, approximately 33 percent of the entire maize-growing area of the country, might be vulnerable to a disease called Tar Spot C …
CIMMYT helps national programs to enhance maize breeding efficiency in Pakistan
May 29, 2018Maize is Pakistan’s third important cereal following wheat and rice. However, Pakistan still imports more than 80 percent of the hybrid seeds, costing the country over $50 million annually and making …
Conservation Agriculture planning meeting held in Iran
May 28, 2018A group photo taken during the planning meeting in Iran. Photo: CIMMYT archives The Iran-CIMMYT Project conducted a very successful planning meeting on Strategic Conservation Agriculture Research and …
The most important award is the one farmers give: Bram Govaerts
May 25, 2018Bram Govaerts with the members of the Río Fuerte Sur Farmer Association (AARFS) Management Committee. Photo: José Saucedo. On the 14th of May, the Río Fuerte Sur Farmers’ Association (Asociación de Ag …
Hunger busters: Ed Mabaya on improved seeds in Africa
May 24, 2018At a recent TEDx event in Johannesburg, South Africa, agricultural economist and development practitioner Ed Mabaya invited the audience to think of improved seed varieties as ‘tiny little robots’ tha …
A Capacity Approach To Climate Change Modeling: Identifying Crop Management Adaptation Options
May 23, 2018Crop growth simulation models coupled with climate model projections are promoted and increasingly used for assessing impacts of climate change on crop yields and for informing crop-level adaptations.
First zinc-enriched maize in Guatemala to combat malnutrition
May 21, 2018The first zinc-enriched maize varieties developed for Guatemala were released this month to improve food and nutrition security in a country where over 46 percent of children suffer from chronic malnu …
New Publications: Biofortified maize to reduce malnutrition
May 17, 2018Female farmer carries maize back from the field. A new science brief, written by scientists from the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and partner organizations details the use …
CIMMYT Board of Trustees: Out of the Boardroom and into the field
May 16, 2018CIMMYT’s Board of Trustees members met with stakeholders on a recent visit to Mexico. Photo: CIMMYT archives The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)’s Board of Trustees visits th …
How collaboration can help grow and transform agriculture in Africa
May 16, 2018Women at a maize mill in Ethiopia. Photo: CIMMYT/P. Lowe It’s been four years since African leaders met in Equatorial Guinea to commit themselves to boosting agricultural growth across the continent. …
CIMMYT at DAWN Pakistan Agri Expo 2018
May 11, 2018The Agricultural Innovation Program for Pakistan (AIP), set up a stall at the DAWN Pakistan Agri Expo in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan on 3-4 May, 2018 to present successes in agricultural technologies and …