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Wheat output in Africa and South Asia will suffer severely from climate change by 2050, modelling study shows
Climate adaptation and mitigationCrop simulation models predict that climate change will lower global wheat production by 2050 in Africa and South Asia, where food security is already threatened.
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New generation of farmers lead the way in making farming more productive and profitable
Capacity developmentSmallholder farmers increasingly benefit as the younger generation adopts mechanization and sustainable agri-technologies.
The Australian High Commission, ACIAR and BARC delegates recognizes the BWMRI-CIMMYT collaborative wheat blast research platform in Bangladesh
Environmental health and biodiversityDelegates 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.
Scaling impact of dryland crops research through regional crop improvement networks
Environmental health and biodiversityScientists and stakeholders in Africa are co-designing a network approach to improve and expand dryland crops value chains in the continent.
KALRO research station at Kiboko revamped to accelerate crop breeding
Environmental health and biodiversityUpgraded technology at the KALRO research station will optimize breeding and seed systems’ work so that scientists can provide better varieties to farmers.
Market Intelligence Briefs – a new publication series to inform crop-breeding decisions
Capacity developmentThe CGIAR Initiative on Market Intelligence releases two reports on a framework for informing crop breeding and future market segments for hybrid maize.
A deceptively simple hack boosts wheat yields in Bihar
Climate adaptation and mitigationA hotter planet was devastating wheat yields in one of India’s poorest but most fertile states. Researchers looked at the agricultural system as a whole to find a promising path forward.
Mini-tillers bolster Nepal maize farmers’ food supplies and profits, new study shows
InnovationsFarm mechanization contributes to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals of No Poverty (SDG-1) and Zero Hunger (SDG-2), with very small farms facing acute labor shortages benefited the most.