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Winners of the 2018 MAIZE Youth Innovators Awards – Asia announced
Capacity developmentFour awardees are using modern technologies, dedicated to new knowledge and with hopes to improve the world.
CIMMYT recognized for support in restoring Guatemalan seed systems after hurricane
Nutrition, health and food securityThe seed varieties stored in the CIMMYT germplasm bank were of vital importance in efforts to restore food security in the aftermath of Hurricane Stan.
New publications: Germplasm bank accessions add value to elite wheat lines
Nutrition, health and food securityFor the first time ever, a research team of more than 40 scientists has genetically characterized values of exotics in hexaploid wheat.
Suitcase-sized lab speeds up wheat rust diagnosis
InnovationsMARPLE (Mobile And Real-time PLant disEase) is a portable testing lab which could help speed-up the identification of devastating wheat rust diseases in Africa.
Nutritious vitamin A orange maize boosts health and livelihoods in Zimbabwe
Nutrition, health and food securityAs Zimbabwe’s child malnutrition rate peaks above the international threshold for emergency response, nutritious vitamin A orange maize gains ground on the national market.
Preserving native maize and culture in Mexico
Climate adaptation and mitigationIndigenous farmers in Oaxaca are custodians of maize biodiversity, growing seeds passed down over generations.
Wheat blast screening and surveillance training in Bangladesh
Capacity developmentWorkshop participants learned how to use the latest in technology to identify and keep track of the deadly Wheat Blast disease.
“Layering” climate smart rice-wheat farming practices in India boosts benefits
Climate adaptation and mitigationNew scientific research into “layering” climate smart agriculture techniques shows promise, demonstrating the potential for crop adaptability to climate change.
Timothy J. Krupnik
Climate adaptation and mitigationGlobal maize experts discuss biofortification for nutrition and health
Nutrition, health and food securityAt the 2018 Latin American Cereals Conference (LACC), researchers discussed hidden hunger, the consumption of insufficient micronutrients, and how biofortification can help.
Young women scientists who will galvanize global wheat research
Capacity developmentWinners of the Jeanie Borlaug Laube Women in Triticum (WIT) Early Career Award joined an on-going wheat research training course organized by CIMMYT.