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Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Features

The introduction of new technology has enabled farmers in West Africa to improve the quality and minimize losses of a national staple.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
News

At COP15, CIMMYT scientists highlighted the significance of DSI in conserving, exploring, and utilizing biodiversity as part of efforts to sustainably nourish the global population in a nature positive manner.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
Features

Climate-resilient soil fertility management by smallholders in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

Environmental health and biodiversity
News

Experts gathered at the FAO Science and Innovation Forum to drive forward research partnerships to curb crop loss due to pests and diseases through efficient global sharing of data.

Environmental health and biodiversity
Features

The new farming methods can raise harvests, enrich soils, and capture and conserve moisture.

In the media

Source: New Nigerian Newspaper (20 Oct 2022)

Food crops and animal feeds produced through biotechnology innovations can now be imported into Kenya after the ban on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) was lifted.

Innovations
Features

CIMMYT and its partners are helping farmers branch out into business to improve crop yield and create job opportunities in their communities.

Innovations
Blogs

In collaboration with GIZ, CIMMYT’s Scaling Scan is helping Green Innovation Centers in Africa address the sustainability problem.

Nutrition, health and food security
In the media

Source: Wilson Center (29 Jul 2022)

On the episode, ECSP Director Lauren Risi and ECSP Advisor Sharon Burke speak with Bram Govaerts, Director General of CIMMYT and his colleague Kai Sonder, head of CIMMYT’s Geographic Information System Unit, about how to address the unfolding food crisis as we simultaneously build food system resilience in the medium and long term.

Environmental health and biodiversity
News

In 2009, a team of wheat scientists from CIMMYT, ICARDA, FAO, and national partners set off on a five-year expedition across Central Asia to collect as many landraces as they could find.

Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
News

The Initiative targets a broad range of pests and diseases affecting cereals, legumes, potato, sweet potato, cassava, banana and other vegetables.

Capacity development
Blogs

Afghan farmers need varieties with improved traits such as heat and drought resilience, incorporating functional variation from existing landrace collections.

Nutrition, health and food security
In the media

Source: The Washington Post (22 Nov 2021)

Harvard Professor Gabriela Soto Laveaga stresses the importance of tackling hunger as more than a technical problem to be addressed through scientific advancement alone, praising CGIAR for its community-centered approach to food systems amid the climate crisis.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
Features

Sustainable agri-food systems lead to better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life for all.

Capacity development
In the media

Source: Agroinformación (22 Jun 2021)

At the 8th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture, Martin Kropff argued that “agriculture cannot take a toll on the environment”, praising conservation agriculture for its contribution to building resilience to drought.