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Accelerating delivery of stress-tolerant, nutritious seed in Eastern and Southern Africa
Nutrition, health and food security
CIMMYT and partners are working to accelerate the delivery of stress-tolerant and nutritious seeds to boost smallholder farmer resilience to drought and pests in Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia.
Increasing smallholder inclusion in markets boosts rural livelihoods
New initiative links smallholder farmers in Zambia with a market opportunity in oil seed production, driving uptake of modern varieties and sustainable, intensified agricultural practices.
Government of Zambia and CIMMYT strengthen ties in agricultural development
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Zambia Minister of Agriculture host CIMMYT Director General for deliberations on the country’s strategic road map.
A seed systems success story
Environmental health and biodiversity
Drought-tolerant maize seed thrives in Zambia through partnerships with the private sector.
Digital Press Briefing with U.S. Special Envoy for Global Food Security Dr. Cary Fowler, and USAID Global Food Crisis Coordinator Dina Esposito
Nutrition, health and food security
Source: U.S. Department of State (19 Jan 2023)
Cary Fowler and Dina Esposito highlight CIMMYT’s work in southern Africa to address food insecurity.
Groundnut ESA crop improvement network sets regional and country level priorities
Capacity development
Significant discoveries have been made for the potential improvement of production of groundnut in sub-Saharan Africa.
Opening the door to commercial fodder production
Climate adaptation and mitigation
CIMMYT is partnering with GIZ in Zambia to clear hurdles for smallholder farmers to produce fodder at a commercial level.
Zambia officials promote sustainable maize cropping practices for small-scale farmers
Environmental health and biodiversity
The new farming methods can raise harvests, enrich soils, and capture and conserve moisture.
AGG-Maize project registers impressive progress
Nutrition, health and food security
Achievements and next steps discussed at the review meeting in Nairobi, Kenya.
More than machines
Innovations
In collaboration with GIZ, CIMMYT’s Scaling Scan is helping Green Innovation Centers in Africa address the sustainability problem.
New CGIAR Initiative to catalyze resilient agrifood systems in eastern and southern Africa
Climate adaptation and mitigation
The Ukama Ustawi Initiative will help millions of vulnerable smallholders in 12 countries transition from maize-mixed systems to sustainably intensified, diversified, and de-risked agrifood systems.
Report links wheat blast pandemic on three continents
Environmental health and biodiversity
Source: World Grain (19 Mar 2021)
Genetic analyses show that a destructive wheat blast fungus that travelled from South America to South East Asia is now established in Zambia under rain-fed conditions.
Fighting the stress
Innovations
CIMMYT 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 mitigation
A 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.
Who benefits?
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Study explores whether modern maize storage structures offer equal benefits to women and men farmers in Kenya, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
