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Environmental health and biodiversity
News

Sorghum Conference brought together researchers, scientists and experts from around the world.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
In the media

Source: Global Trade Review (16 Jan 2023)

The Ukraine crisis has triggered spikes in food and fertilizer prices, increasing poverty and hunger worldwide. But with a significant financing gap in investments aimed at supporting food systems, could unlocking new markets prove a fruitful way of mitigating food insecurity?

Climate adaptation and mitigation
In the media

Source: Phys.org (10 Jan 2023)

Wheat containing exotic DNA from wild relatives benefits from up to 50 percent higher yields in hot weather compared with elite lines lacking these genes, according to a new study.

Innovations
Features

The Scaling Scan is facilitating access to sustainability and growth around the world and across diverse industries.

Environmental health and biodiversity
News

Maize and wheat seeds stored in Svalbard are essential for protecting global biodiversity for future generations.

Environmental health and biodiversity
News

CIMMYT presents data to Tropentag on potential benefits of women participation in household decisions on crop farming and variety selection.

Environmental health and biodiversity
News

Insights from the CGIAR Plant Health Initiative reached new audiences at the first ever International Plant Health Conference.

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.

Nutrition, health and food security
Blogs

As the Russia-Ukraine conflict continues, practical actions now can build food system resilience.

Environmental health and biodiversity
Press releases

Cropping diversity, soil-enriching crops, and adding organic material to soils can boost food-crop yields for farmers who can’t apply fertilizer.

Nutrition, health and food security
Press releases

Experts propose short-, medium- and long-term practical actions to respond to the looming global food crisis catalyzed by the Russia-Ukraine war.

Nutrition, health and food security
News

CIMMYT director general urges stronger international cooperation to buffer the shock in food-insecure countries and drive a shift to resilience.

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Nutrition, health and food security
Features

Explore our analysis of how the Russia-Ukraine war will impact global food security.

Nutrition, health and food security
In the media

Source: The Boston Globe (28 Mar 2022)

The war in Ukraine, coupled with weather-related disruptions in the world’s major grain-producing regions, could unleash unbearable humanitarian consequences, civil unrest, and major financial losses worldwide, says Bram Govaerts.