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CGIAR research highlighted among climate innovations to meet net zero emissions
Climate adaptation and mitigationDocumentary features CIMMYT and Alliance scientists contributing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture.
Who does what in maize farming in Kenya?
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionStudy deepens the understanding of women’s and men’s roles in maize plot management to guide gender-responsive maize breeding and seed system interventions.
Bringing wild wheat’s untapped diversity into elite lines
Environmental health and biodiversityResearchers hypothesized that many wild wheat accessions in genebanks feature useful traits that can help diversify breeding programs.
When it comes to maize variety choices, can farmers have it all?
Varietal trait prioritization is important for balancing commercial realities and farmers’ diverse interests.
Buying into new seed
Climate adaptation and mitigationA mock shop helps researchers understand how Kenyan farmers choose maize seed when their preferred varieties are out of stock.
Digitization equipment set to accelerate Kenya’s breeding programs
Capacity developmentNew equipment will speed up and enhance the accuracy of national breeding processes including seed preparation, data collection and inventory management.
Fighting the stress
InnovationsCIMMYT partner seed company supports smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa with stress-tolerant seed against biotic and abiotic stresses.
Q&A: A decade of improved and climate-smart maize through collaborative research and innovation
Climate adaptation and mitigationA ten-year partnership led by CIMMYT and IITA tackles climate-induced risks in maize production, developing and deploying new climate-adaptive varieties benefiting over 8 million households in sub-Saharan Africa.
Fast-tracked adoption of second-generation resistant maize varieties key to managing maize lethal necrosis in Africa
InnovationsNew lines of CIMMYT-derived maize show increased resistance to maize lethal necrosis (MLN) disease. Their rapid adoption, along with sustained monitoring and prevention efforts, are crucial to preventing another outbreak, argues a new report.
How hybrid maize helps farmers get through dry spells
InnovationsSource: MIT Technology Review (18 Dec 2020)
A new seed developed by CIMMYT is boosting maize production in sub-Saharan Africa, where yields are less than a third of what they are in the US—in large part because of drought.
Improved metrics for better decisions
Capacity developmentNational breeding programs prepped to measure – and boost – genetic gains.
Who benefits?
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionStudy explores whether modern maize storage structures offer equal benefits to women and men farmers in Kenya, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
“Let there be food to eat”
Capacity developmentLongtime CIMMYT collaborator Ruth Wanyera nears retirement from an honorable and decorated career in wheat research.
Building networks and capacity
Capacity developmentAGG partners meet to launch regional networks for eastern and southern Africa and assess capacity development needs.
Molecular breeding speeds development of better seeds
InnovationsNeed for continuous testing and application of new breeding methods to deliver resilient seed varieties at a faster rate is more important now than ever before.