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Nutrition, health and food security
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Zone-specific recommendations provide Afghan farmers with the best practices in wheat production for their region.

Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
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Exacerbated by the pandemic, women are still facing inequality across all areas, including health and livelihoods. CIMMYT is working to make parity a reality.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
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CIMMYT and CGIAR scientists develop drought-tolerant maize and use forecast information to prevent the spread of crop diseases.

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New manual helps standardize field trial data collection across Afghanistan.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
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An article in Amar Ujala in India explores the cross-country collaboration instigated by the Borlaug Institute for South Asia.

Capacity development
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CIMMYT and its partners provide training on hybrid maize seeds to value chain actors from South Asia.

Capacity development
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Farmers in Ethiopia’s lowlands trialed usage of the Kingbird wheat variety, with promising results for improved yield and increased income.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
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CIMMYT supports practical solutions to the ongoing global wheat crisis by understanding consumer acceptance of foods baked from blended wheat flour.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
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Faced with dramatic biodiversity loss and a growing population, should farmers “share” or “spare” land? Agricultural scientists weigh in, yielding a new perspective.

Environmental health and biodiversity
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Farming system harnesses the power of biology to rebuild soil organic matter, diversify crop systems, and improve water retention and nutrient uptake.

Environmental health and biodiversity
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The manual builds on the lessons of a decade of work on MLN management in sub-Saharan Africa by CIMMYT and its partners.

Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
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More than 40% of the global agricultural labor force is made up of women, and in the least developed countries, two in three women are employed in farming.

Nutrition, health and food security
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Explore our analysis of how the Russia-Ukraine war will impact global food security.

Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
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Study deepens the understanding of women’s and men’s roles in maize plot management to guide gender-responsive maize breeding and seed system interventions.

Capacity development
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Agricultural scientist Madhulika Singh shares her experience as the first woman in STEM in her family and in her society in Bihar, India.