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Climate adaptation and mitigation
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Increasingly unpredictable weather poses challenges for breeding widely-adapted wheat lines, but stress tolerance breeding is boosting wheat’s hardiness under rising temperatures.

Nutrition, health and food security
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New research uncovers long-term impacts of Green Revolution era productivity, points out lessons for today.

Capacity development
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Legacy websites and photo exhibition mark the closing of the CGIAR Research Programs on Maize and Wheat, and their impact on sustainable agricultural development.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
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At global climate summit, CIMMYT scientists share adaptation and mitigation solutions for farmers, and call for increased funding for agricultural research.

Environmental health and biodiversity
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Researchers hypothesized that many wild wheat accessions in genebanks feature useful traits that can help diversify breeding programs.

Innovations
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Researchers explore how coupling automation with drip irrigation can enhance water use efficiency and productivity, especially in South Asia’s cereal-based systems.

Innovations
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Service providers offering mechanized services in Masvingo District, southern Zimbabwe realize quick gains in early months of the pilot.

Nutrition, health and food security
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Efforts to support inclusive and equitable access to seeds by farmers should recognize the different seed systems and the complementarity of formal and informal seed systems.

Capacity development
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Scientists from Wageningen University and CIMMYT documents the magnitude, patterns, and drivers of yield gaps in sub-Saharan Africa.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
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Sustainable agri-food systems lead to better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life for all.

Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
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Many women are working enthusiastically as part of agriculture mechanization, as supported by CIMMYT’s CSISA-MEA project.

Capacity development
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A day in the life of a farmer in India’s Odisha state, part of  tribal community that has long lived off the land. 

Climate adaptation and mitigation
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Review proposes ways to accelerate climate resilience of staple crops, by integrating proven breeding methods with cutting-edge technologies.

Environmental health and biodiversity
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Researchers point out the future of the disease, the ways to manage it and prevent it from spreading — within and across continents.

Nutrition, health and food security
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CIMMYT and CGIAR contributions to the SDGs highlighted in new campaign.