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Breaking Ground: Caixia Lan on identifying building blocks for rust resistant wheat
InnovationsSupport for research into breeding crops resistant to wheat rust is essential to manage the spread of the deadly disease, caused vast yield losses globally in recent years, says scientist Caixia Lan.
Study reveals diversity “blueprint” to help maize crops adapt to changing climates
Climate adaptation and mitigationScientists unlock evolutionary secrets of landraces through a study of allelic diversity, revealing more about the genetic basis of flowering time and how maize adapts to variable environments.
Breaking Ground: Bhoja Basnet sets sights on increasing wheat yield potential through hybrid seeds
InnovationsScientist Bhoja Raj Basnet shares his journey from Nepal to Mexico where he joined CIMMYT as a postdoctoral fellow working in the bread wheat improvement program.
New study reveals how controlling wheat hormones can cool hot crops
InnovationsA plant-aging hormone could increase wheat yields by 10 to 15 percent in warm locations, according to a recent study published in New Phytologist journal.
New Publications: How to maintain food security under climate change
Climate adaptation and mitigationAn internationally coordinated approach is key to breed and deploy crops resilient to climate change effects.
Agricultural researchers forge new ties to develop nutritious crops and environmental farming
Nutrition, health and food securityScientists from two of the world’s leading agricultural research institutes will embark on joint research to boost global food security.
Breaking Ground: Carolina Sansaloni explores and unlocks genetic potential from wheat genebanks
InnovationsCarolina Sansaloni’s passion for genetics began when she was at university in Argentina, an interest that grew as she moved on to receive her master’s and doctoral degrees in molecular biology.
Breaking Ground: Scientist Deepmala Sehgal on the trail of novel wheat diversity
InnovationsMolecular analysis research by Deepmala Sehgal has led to the discovery of novel genes for yield, disease resistance and climate resilience in previously little-used wheat genetic resources.
Harnessing medical technology and global partnerships to drive gains in food crop productivity
InnovationsGlobal research networks must overcome nationalist and protectionist tendencies to provide technology advances the world urgently needs.
Engaging youth: beyond the buzzword
Capacity developmentResearchers are seeking to re-engage rural youth who are increasingly abandoning agriculture to work in cities, raising the question who will grow our food in the future?
Wheat rust poses food security risk for global poor, says DFID’s Priti Patel
Nutrition, health and food securityWheat 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.
Healthy soils for a healthy, food secure future
InnovationsHumanity relies on soils not only for food production but also for a range of vital ecosystem services, its health is essential to a healthy and food secure future.
World Food Prize presentation updates delegates on key contributions of MasAgro
Capacity developmentTransforming subsistence agriculture and unsustainable farming systems into productive and sustainable operations has been the key focus of scientist Bram Govaerts, 2014 recipient of the Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application.
Strategizing for the future: adapting to a changing agricultural landscape
Capacity developmentForging major change is never simple, but one of my top priorities upon taking the helm at CIMMYT as director general last year was to develop a new five-year institutional strategy.
Gazing into the crystal ball at the future of food: Nutrient-dense maize and wheat
Nutrition, health and food securityDiversity is important for finding traits that will allow maize and wheat to be more nutritious than they are already today and so aid in meeting the demands of the future, writes Gideon Kruseman, CIMMYT ex-ante and foresight specialist