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From A to Z: Developing nutritious maize and wheat at CIMMYT for 50 years
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Over the past 50 years, various research activities have been undertaken to boost protein quality and micronutrient levels in maize and wheat to help improve nutrition in poor communities.
Genetically engineered crops safe to grow and eat, U.S. National Academy of Sciences concludes
Innovations
GE crops are as safe to eat as conventionally bred crops and have benefited the environment and ecosystem diversity, according to a new study
CIMMYT, Mexico honor legacy of Norman Borlaug
Nutrition, health and food security
To mark CIMMYT’s 50th anniversary, Mexico’s Secretariat of Agriculture launched a photo exhibition honoring Nobel Prize Laureate Norman Borlaug.
Harnessing maize biodiversity for food security, improved livelihoods in Africa
Capacity development
Diverse, stress tolerant maize varieties are benefiting smallholders throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
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.
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.
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.
Tackling challenges to cereal production through cross-crop collaborations
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Cropping systems can become more resilient in the face of climate change through better coordination and standardization.
Global wheat breeding provides billions in benefits, CIMMYT study shows
Nutrition, health and food security
Almost half the world’s wheat land is sown to varieties that come directly or indirectly from research by CGIAR scientists, according to a new report.
Scientists aim to adapt wheat to a warmer climate with less water
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Scientists battling to increase wheat production by more than 60 percent over the next 35 years to meet projected demand are optimistic that they have begun to unravel some genetic mysteries.
At 50-year mark, CIMMYT scientists strive for gender equity
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Efforts to meet agricultural needs of women farmers to bolster global food security took shape in CIMMYT’s early days.
Participatory approaches to gender in agricultural development
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
For gender specialist Mulunesh Tsegaye participatory approaches are the best way of ensuring agricultural development projects are responsive to gender dynamics.
A granny’s boundless resilience and strength, a pillar for women maize farmers
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Women play a major role in African agriculture. Purity Wanjiku, of Kenya, is a pillar for women in her village who depend on her land to grow food for their families.
Researchers race to rescue wheat sample in war-torn Syria
Nutrition, health and food security
With Syria torn apart by civil war, a team of scientists in Mexico and Morocco are rushing to save a vital sample of wheat’s ancient and massive genetic diversity, sealed in seed collections of an international research center formerly based in Aleppo but forced to leave during 2012-13.