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Capacity development
In the media

Source: Global Citizen (21 Apr 2023)

CIMMYT gender research helps the Agrovita program, a collaboration between PepsiCo and Proforest, a UK-based agriculture non-profit, to design and promote gender sensitive training programs for smallholder cacao farmers in Tabasco and Chiapas, Mexico.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
Features

As rising temperatures and water scarcities threaten food production and affecting global food security and livelihoods since last century, leading research organizations have joined efforts around solutions that can also benefit climate-threatened, staple food farming in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture.

Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Features

CIMMYT’s efforts to align with FAO recommendations to strengthen women’s roles in food systems.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
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New initiative links smallholder farmers in Zambia with a market opportunity in oil seed production, driving uptake of modern varieties and sustainable, intensified agricultural practices.

Nutrition, health and food security
Features

20 years of rigorous scientific research.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
Climate adaptation and mitigation
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Source: Moody's (19 Apr 2023)

Climate change, if unchecked, is expected to make food even more unaffordable. The economic shocks from increasing temperatures, water stress and continued droughts will push tens of millions of Africans into extreme poverty over the next decade, according to Moody’s partner TechnoServe.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
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Harisankar Nayak’s thesis honored at a ceremony hosted by India’s Vice President

Climate adaptation and mitigation
Press releases

HeDWIC and FFAR awarded grants to five wheat research projects in 2022 to protect the crop from climate change and other threats.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
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Zambia Minister of Agriculture host CIMMYT Director General for deliberations on the country’s strategic road map.

Nutrition, health and food security
Press releases

A new paper published today by experts at The Chicago Council of Global Affairs identifies the three main obstacles to global food systems transformation and hunger eradication by 2050.

Nutrition, health and food security
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CIMMYT experts collaborate with private sector to propel improved variety adoption in Malawi.

Innovations
News

Locally produced seed cleaners are making a big difference in Ethiopia and inspiring innovation in Benin.

Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
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The Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) is pleased to announce the 2023 Jeanie Borlaug Laube Women in Triticum (WIT) Early Career and Mentor awardees, recognizing excellence in science and leadership for a wheat-secure future.