In a visit by USAID and CIMMYT, cutting-edge agricultural approaches in Bangladesh highlighted the power of combining technological innovations, climate-focused practices, and community power.

In collaboration with ZARI and other partners, CIMMYT brought together wheat scientists, researchers, academics, policymakers, and extension agents to address the urgent threat of wheat blast across borders.

Through its work in South Asia, TAFSSA contributes to developing more sustainable and equitable agrifood systems for smallholder farmers in the region.

Wheat researchers, government extension agents, and policy makers gather in Bangladesh to develop their skills in pathology, breeding, agronomy, integrated disease management and agricultural extension technologies.

Delegates travelled to South Asia to witness the success of a collaboration which is combatting wheat blast disease in Bangladesh and for other wheat growing nations.

The developments will create capacity for national and international research and improve processes for disease screening in wheat.

Researchers evaluate the use of genomic selection in wheat breeding against deadly fungal disease.

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

Cross-regional collaboration brings wheat blast protection to farmers in Bangladesh and Brazil.

Researchers join government officials and other stakeholders to discuss collaborative research and development activities in Bangladesh.

A video to be aired on Bangladeshi television shows farmers how to identify the pest and manage a potential infestation.