In the media
Resilient agriculture: Several agreements concluded
Climate adaptation and mitigationSource: L'Economiste (5 Nov 2019)
CIMMYT, ICARDA and the Adaptation of African Agriculture Initiative join forces to prevent small farmers from suffering the effects of climate change.
A scramble for solutions as fall armyworm infestation sweeps Africa
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: Mongabay (24 Oct 2019)
CIMMYT Systems Agronomist Frédéric Baudron advocates a multipronged approach to protect maize crops from the invasive pest.
Kellogg supplies Mexican corn with sustainable planting
Climate adaptation and mitigationSource: Milenio (21 Oct 2019)
MasAgro is supporting conservation agriculture and the sustainable production of maize in Mexico.
Sharp rise in Punjab-Haryana farm fires ahead of Diwali
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: Times of India (21 Oct 2019)
CIMMYT Principal Scientist M.L. Jat notes high number of happy seeders in Haryana and Punjab.
Delhi Air Quality Descends to ‘Very Poor’, Worst Yet to Come
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: The Wire (17 Oct 2019)
Balwinder Singh warns that air pollution in India could be severe due to burning crop residue.
Agriculture and sustainability: the contribution of microsatellites
InnovationsSource: Donne del Food (16 Oct 2019)
Study by CIMMYT, Stanford and Cornell shows microsatellites can contribute to sustainable increase of food production.
Genetics to feed the world
InnovationsSource: Science Daily (15 Oct 2019)
Study demonstrates the effectiveness of genomic selection in a wheat improvement program.
Delhi: Little impact of farm fires, but that could change; late harvest likely to cause spike
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: Times of India (13 Oct 2019)
M.L. Jat, CIMMYT principal scientist, is tracking farm fires in India, noting fewer fires than in previous years.
Spurt in stubble burning in Pakistan raises heat in Punjab
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: Hindustan Times (11 Oct 2019)
CIMMYT and Cornell study states the health risks of pollution caused by stubble burning.
Current agriculture has a very complicated diagnosis
Source: Debate (3 Oct 2019)
As climate change poses a challenge for farmers, CIMMYT supports new methods and innovations for better crop production.
After 30 years of conflict, Somalia is coming back
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: Relief Web (1 Oct 2019)
CIMMYT, other CGIAR centers, funders and UN agencies met to discuss future of agriculture in Somalia.
October is World Food Prize month at William Penn University
Climate adaptation and mitigationSource: Oskaloosa Herald (30 Sep 2019)
This year’s speaker is Bram Govaerts, the global Director Innovative Business Strategies at CIMMYT.
Researchers are hunting for the “climate gene” that can save food plants
InnovationsSource: Aftenposten (24 Sep 2019)
CIMMYT’s plant breeding contributes to climate resilience of crops around the world.
Scientists identify genome regions that lead to better yield, disease resistance in wheat
Source: The Hindu Business Line (24 Sep 2019)
International team found a way to breed better wheat varieties with high yields and resistance to diseases and the adverse effects of climate change.
Toolkits to deal with Asian droughts
Climate adaptation and mitigationSource: The Third Pole (23 Sep 2019)
CIMMYT, ICIMOD and partners launched a Regional Drought Monitoring and Outlook System for South Asia.