Zambia

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tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

Achievements and next steps discussed at the review meeting in Nairobi, Kenya.

Blogs

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

News

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

The Ukama Ustawi Initiative will help millions of vulnerable smallholders in 12 countries transition from maize-mixed systems to sustainably intensified, diversified, and de-risked agrifood systems.

Scientist, Agricultural Economist
In the media

tag icon Environmental health and biodiversity

Source: World Grain (19 Mar 2021)

Genetic analyses show that a destructive wheat blast fungus that travelled from South America to South East Asia is now established in Zambia under rain-fed conditions.

Features

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CIMMYT partner seed company supports smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa with stress-tolerant seed against biotic and abiotic stresses.

Features

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

A ten-year partnership led by CIMMYT and IITA tackles climate-induced risks in maize production, developing and deploying new climate-adaptive varieties benefiting over 8 million households in sub-Saharan Africa.

Publications

tag icon Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

Study explores whether modern maize storage structures offer equal benefits to women and men farmers in Kenya, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

News

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AGG partners meet to launch regional networks for eastern and southern Africa and assess capacity development needs.

Blogs

tag icon Capacity development

First meetings of the AGG Science and Technical Steering Committees generate insights and recommendations for optimizing breeding schemes.

In the media

tag icon Environmental health and biodiversity

Source: SciDev.Net (3 Nov 2020)

Wheat blast is a serious threat to wheat production and can lead to yield losses of up to 100 percent.

In the media

tag icon Environmental health and biodiversity

Source: Rural 21 (9 Oct 2020)

Wheat blast poses a serious threat to rain-fed wheat production in Zambia and raises the alarm for surrounding regions and countries on the African continent with similar environmental conditions.

Press releases

tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

Researchers in Zambia confirm the arrival of this devastating fungal disease to the African continent.