Europe
Millions at lower risk of vitamin A deficiency after six-year campaign to promote orange-fleshed sweet potato
More than two million households across six countries received sweet potato enriched with vitamin A as part of a project led by the International Potato Center (CIP).
MARPLE team recognized for international impact
Research team behind revolutionary field test for wheat disease wins prestigious BBSRC prize.
Is a world without hunger possible, asks Germany’s minister Gerd Müller during his visit to CIMMYT
Minister Müller explored the campus and heard about CIMMYT’s latest innovations in maize and wheat research.
Breeders find strength in diversity at EiB contributor meeting
Members tackle challenges and share progress in annual meeting.
Agricultural attachés visit CIMMYT
Agricultural attachés from 10 embassies in Mexico visited the headquarters of CIMMYT.
Deadly strain of wheat stem rust disease surfaces in Europe
Scientists have shown that the first appearance of wheat stem rust disease in the U.K. in nearly 60 years, which occurred in 2013, was caused by the same virulent fungal strain responsible for recent wheat stem rust outbreaks in Ethiopia, Denmark, Germany, and Sweden.
A ton of seed shipped to the doomsday vault at Svalbard
More than two-thirds of CIMMYT seed collections are now backed-up in the vault on an island in the icy Barents Sea, north of mainland Norway.
Agricultural researchers forge new ties to develop nutritious crops and environmental farming
Scientists from two of the world’s leading agricultural research institutes will embark on joint research to boost global food security.
Wheat rust poses food security risk for global poor, says DFID’s Priti Patel
Wheat rust monitoring efforts are not only keeping the fast-spreading disease in check, but are deployed to manage other crop diseases, said a scientist at a scientific meeting in London.
Knight of the Order of Agricultural Merit bestowed on WHEAT independent steering committee member
John R. Porter, member of the WHEAT Independent Steering Committee, was granted Knight of the French Order of Agriculture Merit at a ceremony on 1 March.
Will we feed humanity by 2050?
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.