International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
Collaborating to accelerate genetic gains in maize and wheat
InnovationsTremendous impact is arising from the longstanding cooperation between CIMMYT’s maize and wheat programs and national programs in countries where CIMMYT works.
Lessons for gender in seed systems
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionWorkshop participants exchange ideas on expanding opportunities for women in the seed sector.
AGG project to ramp up genetic gains in maize for better livelihoods
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: AFRICA Agribusiness (31 Aug 2020)
Project will deliver improved, stress resilient, nutritious seed to smallholders in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia.
New project to ramp up genetic gains in maize for better livelihoods
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: The Rwandan (30 Jul 2020)
AGG project will deliver improved, stress resilient, nutritious seed to smallholders in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia.
Work to develop high yielding Striga tolerant maize seed is bearing fruit
Nutrition, health and food securityAn early indication of parental lines with potential to tolerate or resist Striga, is showing “light at the end of the tunnel” for farmers battling the nutrient-sucking monster.
New project to ramp up genetic gains in maize for better livelihoods
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: Seed Quest (28 Jul 2020)
The new AGG project has a strong focus on more synergistic and supportive partnerships with national programs to help improve the effectiveness of their breeding efforts.
New project to ramp up genetic gains in maize for better livelihoods
Nutrition, health and food securityThe new AGG project has a strong focus on more synergistic and supportive partnerships with national programs to help improve the effectiveness of their breeding efforts.
Reaching farmers in the last mile with seeds they can trust
Capacity developmentBy working closely with the farmers, Masindi Seed Company puts itself at a strategic position to understand farmers’ preferred traits better.
New fall armyworm portal launched to help facilitate greater research collaboration
Nutrition, health and food securityPortal will encourage rapid, iterative experimentation and global teamwork to address spread and impact of the invasive crop pest.
International program ushers in a new era of maize farming in Pakistan
InnovationsAgricultural Innovation Program (AIP) comes to a close but its impact lives on.
Africa’s devastating locust outbreak exposes need for crop science on all fronts
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: Thomson Reuters Foundation (9 Mar 2020)
Effective pest management is the responsibility of farmers and scientists.
With 30,000 surveys, researchers build the go-to dataset for smallholder farms
InnovationsSource: Phys.org (3 Mar 2020)
Survey tool can help farmers face challenges of climate change, food security, nutrition, farm productivity and social inclusion.Â
How a disease without borders was contained
Nutrition, health and food securityExperts reflect on the successful efforts to limit the spread of maize lethal necrosis across eastern and southern Africa.