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3 climate-resilient food solutions for smallholder farmers

CIMMYT's drought-tolerant maize is boosting farmers’ yields and incomes, directly improving millions of lives.

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While COVID-19 is exacerbating an existing hunger crisis, authors highlight three of the most impactful research and development successes from the past few years that help smallholder farmers cope with climate change and bolster food security.

The first is CIMMYT’s program to develop drought-tolerant maize varieties with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, successfully developing hundreds of new varieties that boost farmers’ yields and incomes, directly improving millions of lives.

Read more here: https://www.greenbiz.com/article/3-climate-resilient-food-solutions-smallholder-farmers