Bangladesh
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Essential actions to mitigate the food crisis, stabilize supply and transition to greater agrifood system resilience
Nutrition, health and food securityExperts propose short-, medium- and long-term practical actions to respond to the looming global food crisis catalyzed by the Russia-Ukraine war.
Researchers use storytelling to evaluate women’s agency in agricultural production
Capacity developmentA study in India highlights who does what in wheat farming to support the design of gender-responsive interventions in the region.
A climate-smart remodeling of South Asia’s rice-wheat cropping is urgent
Environmental health and biodiversityMultiple studies show conventional farming practices degrade soils, deplete aquifers and feed rampant greenhouse gas emissions.
Nitrogen-Efficient Wheat Production Systems in the Indo-Gangetic Plains through Biological Nitrification Inhibition (BNI) Technology
Environmental health and biodiversityTransforming Smallholder Food Systems in the Eastern Gangetic Plains (Rupantar)
Capacity developmentTwo approaches better than one: identifying spot blotch resistance in wheat varieties
Environmental health and biodiversityGenomic selection is a promising tool to select for spot blotch resistance and index-based selection to select for spot blotch resistance, heading and plant height.
Inspiring change through agricultural training: Women’s stories from Bangladesh
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionMore than 40% of the global agricultural labor force is made up of women, and in the least developed countries, two in three women are employed in farming.
Bending gender norms: women’s engagement in agriculture
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionOn International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we spoke to Pragya Timsina about how women’s participation in agriculture is evolving across the Eastern Gangetic Plains and her findings which will be included in a paper coming out later this year: ‘Necessity as a driver of bending agricultural gender norms in South Asia’.
Workshop held at BARI
Capacity developmentSource: New Age (21 Nov 2021)
CIMMYT-Bangladesh country representative Timothy J. Krupnik was the guest of honor at a workshop organized by Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute on fall armyworm management.