The International Society for Plant Pathology is hosting the 12th International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP) in Lyon, France, from August 20 - 25, 2023. ICPP 2023 will bring together plant health researchers and experts under the theme: One Health for all plants, crops and trees, to share latest research findings and discuss current and […]
The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA AfriCenter) and partners present the 5th edition of the Africa Biennial Biosciences Communication (ABBC 2023) Symposium, to be held on August 22-25, 2023, in-person, in Nairobi Kenya. ABBC2023 will provide a platform to showcase innovations, share lessons, forge partnerships, and highlight opportunities for Africa to […]
The United Nations (UN) declared 2023 as the International Year of Millets. As a crop indigenous to Africa and Asia, millets, along with other dryland cereals, have the potential to enhance global food security by making nutritious and affordable diets more accessible to families. CIMMYT is scaling-up millet cultivation amid a rapidly changing global climate, […]
The Africa Food Systems Forum 2023 Summit will take place in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from September 5-8, 2023, under the theme: "Recover, Regenerate, Act: Africa’s Solutions to Food Systems Transformation." Recover, Regenerate, Act focuses on recovering food systems after multiple shocks with youth and women at the center; regenerating food systems by restoring natural capital through […]
The Scaling Scan is a user-friendly tool to explore what is required to scale innovation in a specific context, the implications this has for project management and collaborations, and the potential trade-offs on the environment as well as social dynamics. It is based on ten ingredients that represent the enabling environment for an innovation and […]
The International Wheat Yield Partnership (IWYP) represents an innovative global collaboration between public and private research organizations to increase funding and advocacy for wheat research. IWYP aims to raise wheat's genetic yield potential by 50% in the next 20 years. From September 27-28, 2023, IWYP will hold its 7th program conference under the theme, "Evaluating […]
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is organizing the first-ever Global Conference on Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization (GAMC), under the theme of “Efficiency, Inclusiveness and Resilience” from September 27-29, 2023. The GAMC will discuss context-specific interventions that enable the optimization of agricultural mechanization efficiencies combined with the minimization of the deleterious effects of […]
The Middle East and North Africa Climate Week (MENACW) will take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from October 8-12, 2023, hosted by the government of Saudi Arabia. The event is part of a series of Regional Climate Weeks leading up to COP28 in Dubai. Under the theme, "Forging Pathways for Sustainable and Resilient Buildings in […]
"Molecular Plant", a plant health journal, will host an online seminar on October 17-18, 2023. The two-session seminar will bring together researchers to discuss food security, climate change and plant health. Kevin Pixley, director of the Dryland Crops and Global Wheat programs at CIMMYT, will present a recently published paper, "Redesigning crop varieties to win […]
The African Plant Breeders Association (APBA) Conference was initiated in 2019 to disseminate the latest knowledge and achievements in the field of agriculture, to enhance research and development (R&D) for sustainable agriculture production systems in Africa. CIMMYT researchers will join plant breeders, students, private companies and national agriculture policymakers to share research advancements in line […]
Panama will host the 2023 Latin America and Caribbean Climate Week in Panama City from October 23-27, 2023. Latin America and Caribbean Climate Week is one the four regional climate weeks taking place this year ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai. The week-long conference will cover issues of important relevance to […]
The Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue, also known as the "Borlaug Dialogue" and the "premier global agriculture conference," addresses contemporary issues related to nutrition and food security. The dialogue brings together more than 2,000 people from over 60 countries. The conference lasts three days and assembles scientists, policymakers, business executives and farmers to strengthen partnership […]
Join us for an informative webinar on millet value chains and innovative processing methods. Millets, often referred to as "smart crops," are gaining recognition for their nutritional, ecological and economic value. This webinar will bring together researchers, experts and practitioners to explore the development of millet value chains, discover sustainable processing techniques and understand the […]
The upcoming ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting will be a collaborative event hosted by The American Society of Agronomy, the Crop Science Society of America, and the Soil Science Society of America. From October 29 to November 1, 2023, in St. Louis, Missouri, this meeting serves as a gathering point for leading experts and key stakeholders, […]
CIMMYT will join CGIAR and partners at the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 28) in Dubai, UAE, to address climate change and food security. Through collaboration, knowledge sharing and innovative science, CIMMYT and partners can strengthen the productivity, sustainability and resilience of agrifood systems. We can equip farmers with the know-how and innovations they […]
