Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Will we feed humanity by 2050?
Nutrition, health and food security
Bram Govaerts, Leader of CIMMYT’s program on Sustainable Intensification in Latin America, presented at a keynote speech titled “Ending hunger: Can we achieve humanity’s elusive goal by 2050?” at the Oxford Farming Conference.
Mobilizing gene bank biodiversity in the fight against climate change
Climate adaptation and mitigation
CIMMYT’s germplasm bank holds untapped genetic information that could lead to climate resilient wheat varieties, according to a new study.
Conservation agriculture expert at Oxford Farming Conference
Innovations
Bram Govaerts, strategic leader for Sustainable Intensification in Latin America and Latin America representative at CIMMYT makes keynote speech at Oxford Farming Conference.
Is the next food crisis coming? Are we ready to respond?
Climate adaptation and mitigation
One of the strongest El Niños on record is underway, threatening millions of agricultural livelihoods – and lives.
African maize farmers get support to mitigate impact of poor soils
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
As the global community marks World Soil Day, African smallholder farmers are contending with low yields due to low-fertility soils prevalent in most parts of sub-Saharan Africa, affecting food security for 300 million people.
Agriculture ministers support policies to achieve Africa’s growth potential
Innovations
East and Southern African countries need to formulate and implement appropriate policies to help smallholder farmers access technologies.
Paula Kantor Award nominees must show gender research success in India
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
A new award recognizes contributions to the livelihoods and economic empowerment of women made by a former giant in the field of international gender research.
Kenyan delegation visits CIMMYT for collaboration on nixtamalization
Nutrition, health and food security
Yield gap analysis key to meeting future crop demand
Nutrition, health and food security
The Global Yield Gap Atlas (GYGA) can help identify where major crop yields are not increasing fast enough to meet demand on existing farmland, and how farmers might close those gaps.
Un libro que rinde homenaje a las “cientĂficas anĂłnimas” con motivo del DĂa Internacional de las Mujeres Rurales
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Rural women play a critical role in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security and eradicating rural poverty, providing innumerable benefits to agricultural systems around the world at all levels of the value chain, but their contributions often go unrecognized.
Book celebrates maize “secret scientists” on International Day of Rural Women
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Rural women play a critical role in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security and eradicating rural poverty.
Green manure crop cover reduces need for mineral fertilizer in Africa
Innovations
Green manures are an affordable and environmentally friendly alternative to fertilizer for many farmers in southern Africa.
