Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)
A wheat self-sufficiency roadmap for Ethiopia’s future
Nutrition, health and food security
Mechanization could boost Ethiopian wheat production and provide youth with new job opportunities.
Ethiopian experts push for wheat self-sufficiency
Nutrition, health and food security
Annual imports now cost more than $600 million and expose national food security to global price shifts.
CIMMYT trains early career scientists on wheat rust diagnosis and management
Capacity development
More than 200 scientists have increased their capacity at these annual trainings since CIMMYT started organizing them ten years ago.
Fall armyworm on the agenda at the 2018 Borlaug Dialogue
Nutrition, health and food security
Experts explained the spread of the pest and presented science-based solutions to fight it.
Suitcase-sized lab speeds up wheat rust diagnosis
Innovations
MARPLE (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.
