Bangladesh
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USAID makes special visit to CIMMYT activities in Bangladesh
Capacity developmentUSAID’s Deputy Administrator visited Bangladesh to learn how CIMMYT engages with partners to help smallholder farmers uptake sustainable agriculture practices.
Surface water irrigation has the potential to boost cereal productivity in Bangladesh
InnovationsFor the first time, researchers have mapped rivers and freshwater canals in southern Bangladesh using geospatial tools.
European Space Agency selects CIMMYT to pilot new remote sensing project
InnovationsCIMMYT has been selected by the European Space Agency to have access to the pilot version of the Sen2-Agri processing system and receive training on its use.
Bhutan and Bangladesh join forces to combat threat of rust diseases
Capacity developmentFor the first time, Bhutan and Bangladesh are collaborating on evaluating Bangladeshi wheat lines for resistance to yellow and leaf rusts.
Farmer livelihoods at risk as wheat blast disease emerges in Bangladesh
Nutrition, health and food securityInternational scientists are on high alert as they develop tactics to fight wheat blast in Bangladesh, which is affecting a large portion of the country’s wheat growing area.
Tackling spread of wheat blast in Bangladesh
Capacity developmentCIMMYT Director General travels to Bangladesh to tackle wheat blast and other activities key to maintaining food security in the country.
Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia enters Phase III: focus on scalability and strategic partnerships
Nutrition, health and food securitySupporting sustainable and scalable changes in cereal systems in South Asia
Climate adaptation and mitigationThe rates of growth of staple crop yields in South Asia are insufficient to meet the projected demands in the region. With 40 percent of the world’s poor living in South Asia, the area composed of eastern India, Bangladesh and Nepal has the largest concentration of impoverished and food insecure people worldwide.
The first heat tolerant maize hybrids are licensed for deployment in Bangladesh, India and Nepal
Climate adaptation and mitigationThe gola: storing maize to improve livelihoods in Chuadanga, Bangladesh
InnovationsFarmers in Chuadanga District of Bangladesh have been using a unique local method to store their maize: the gola.