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Breeder friendly phenotyping
InnovationsModern phenotyping tools are crucial for crop improvement and breeders can profit much more from them.
Smartphones drive data collection revolution, boost climate-smart agriculture in Bangladesh
Climate adaptation and mitigationFor the first time widespread monitoring examines how farmers are coping with climate stresses.
Bringing landraces back home, 50 years later
Nutrition, health and food securityHalf a century earlier, scientists collected and preserved samples of maize landraces in Morelos, Mexico. Now, descendants of those farmers were able to get back their ancestral maize seeds and, with them, a piece of their family history.
‘Sharing’ or ‘sparing’ land?
Environmental health and biodiversityHow can we feed more people while protecting nature and biodiversity?
Include small indigenous production systems to improve rural livelihoods
Nutrition, health and food securityNew research recommends targeted assistance and engagement with small farmers in rural Guatemala to improve livelihoods and reduce migration pressures.
New publications: Optimum nitrogen fertilizer rates for rice and wheat in the Indo-Gangetic Plains of India
Climate adaptation and mitigationThe results of the study will allow farmers to get the best crop yields while saving money and reducing harmful nitrous oxide emissions.
Development of the Enterprise Breeding System well underway
InnovationsPiloting the system in will begin in 2020, with more advanced functions to follow in the next three years.
What is conservation agriculture?
Climate adaptation and mitigationFarmers are increasingly adopting conservation agriculture practices. This sustainable farming method is based on three principles: crop diversification, minimal soil movement and permanent soil cover.
A wake-up call for the fertilizer industry
Climate adaptation and mitigationAt international conference, plant nutrition experts highlight the important role of sustainability.
One-minute science: Carolina Rivera explains wheat physiology
InnovationsGrowing the right wheat varieties is necessary to nutritiously feed a growing population in the context of environmental stress.
CIMMYT scientists join fellow experts in San Diego for world’s largest plant and animal genomics conference
InnovationsResearchers share their work translating the latest molecular research into breeding solutions for better maize and wheat varieties.
Study calls for better understanding of fertilizer prices faced by African smallholder farmers
InnovationsScientists use spatial price prediction models to estimate local prices that might be more relevant than the national average.
New international partnership to identify and develop resistance to dangerous wheat disease
Nutrition, health and food securityChina-based CIMMYT-JAAS screening station aims for global impact in the fight against deadly Fusarium head blight.
Making seed systems work for men and women
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionSeed systems play a major role in Africa’s agricultural transformation — but are they gender-friendly?