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Massive study of breeding lines across environments pinpoints genomic regions associated with yield potential and stress-resilience in bread wheat.

Features

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Digital platform provides information that will help increase crop productivity and improve soil health.

Features

tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

CIMMYT market development specialist works to strengthen the seed and fertilizer market systems and value chains in Nepal.

Features

tag icon Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

CIMMYT system economist explores ways to streamline smallholder farming systems through mechanization, gender equity and conservation agriculture.

Press releases

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High-zinc and climate-resilient varieties poised to boost production for farmers and nutrition for consumers.

Blogs

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New pilot in Nepal kicks off with a multi-stakeholder dialogue.

In the media

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Source: The Third Pole (25 Nov 2020)

Once a world leading lentil producer, Nepal is now having to import them as farmers struggle with low productivity and warmer, wetter weather.

Blogs

tag icon Capacity development

First meetings of the AGG Science and Technical Steering Committees generate insights and recommendations for optimizing breeding schemes.

Blogs

tag icon Capacity development

Precision nutrient management helps women farmers in Nepal increase crop yields and household incomes.

In the media

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Source: The Himalayan Times (6 Nov 2020)

CIMMYT and Nepal’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development developed a digitally enabled seed information system so farmers have timely access to quality seed.

Features

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Inclusive seed business model empowers women from marginalized communities in Nepal.

Features

tag icon Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

Women in rural Nepal prosper from training program on soil fertility management practices.

Publications

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A new quantitative genetics study makes a strong case for the yield testing strategies CIMMYT uses in its wheat breeding program.

Videos

tag icon Capacity development

New online training takes farmers and service providers though a visual journey on the use of conservation agriculture-based sustainable intensification methods.

News

tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

Collaboration, partnership and mutual learning with national partners key focus of new project to accelerate breeding and delivery of improved wheat varieties.