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DuPont Pioneer explores support for CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform
Innovations
A DuPont Pioneer leadership delegation visited CIMMYT HQ on 12 May, 2017.
Breakthroughs in agriculture for action on climate change
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Climate change presents a formidable challenge as one of the biggest constraints to improving food systems, food security and poverty alleviation around the world, especially for the world’s most vulnerable people.
Obstacles to gender-smart fertilizer use hurt livelihoods, scientists say
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Compiling gender-inclusive data could help scientists understand how to help improve nitrogen fertilizer application practices among smallholder farmers.
Despite hardships, women running own households provide model of empowerment and innovation
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
GENNOVATE research reveals communities with numerous women-headed households record high levels of poverty reduction.
“Young Scientist Award” winner fights hidden hunger with high zinc wheat
Nutrition, health and food security
A scientist who has advanced the development of nutrient-rich wheat varieties with higher yield potential, disease resistance and improved traits wins Young Scientist Award for Agriculture.
Surveillance training to control wheat blast in Bangladesh
Capacity development
40 wheat pathologists, breeders and agronomists gathered to combat wheat blast at the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) at Gazipur, Bangladesh.
A ton of seed shipped to the doomsday vault at Svalbard
Nutrition, health and food security
More than two-thirds of CIMMYT seed collections are now backed-up in the vault on an island in the icy Barents Sea, north of mainland Norway.
Breaking Ground: Carolina Sansaloni explores and unlocks genetic potential from wheat genebanks
Innovations
Carolina Sansaloni’s passion for genetics began when she was at university in Argentina, an interest that grew as she moved on to receive her master’s and doctoral degrees in molecular biology.
Crop and bio-economic modeling for an uncertain climate
Climate adaptation and mitigation
The potential impact of climate change on agriculture and the complexity of possible adaptation responses require the application of new research methods and tools to develop adequate strategies, writes Gideon Kruseman.
Wheat rust poses food security risk for global poor, says DFID’s Priti Patel
Nutrition, health and food security
Wheat rust monitoring efforts are not only keeping the fast-spreading disease in check, but are deployed to manage other crop diseases, said a scientist at a scientific meeting in London.
Cutting-edge tools promote conservation, use of biodiversity
Innovations
CIMMYT scientists will present at the COP 13 conference on a new collection of tools and resources that could revolutionize maize breeding and promote genetic diversity conservation.
Advice for India’s rice-wheat farmers: Put aside the plow and save straw to fight pollution
Innovations
Recent media reports show that the 19 million inhabitants of New Delhi are under siege from a noxious haze.
Three major commercial maize seed exporting countries in southern Africa found free from maize lethal necrosis
Three major commercial maize-growing and seed exporting countries in southern Africa were found to be so far free from the deadly maize lethal necrosis (MLN) disease.
Drought- and heat-tolerant maize tackles climate change in southern Africa
Climate adaptation and mitigation
CIMMYT’s drought-tolerant varieties have been delivered to three million farmers across Africa.