Results for "climate change"
Climate change slows wheat breeding progress for yield and wide adaptation,...
Increasingly unpredictable weather poses challenges for breeding widely-adapted wheat lines, but...
Climate adaptation and mitigation, Innovations 
How scientists are preparing wheat for climate change
Source: Mashable (13 Aug 2021)
Matthew Reynolds talked to Mashable about the importance of developing drought-resistant...
Climate adaptation and mitigation 
Seed giants must collaborate or be dwarfed by threat of climate...
New funding models, such as public-private partnerships, can collectively address knowledge...
Climate adaptation and mitigation 
Drought-tolerant maize project pioneers a winning strategy for a world facing...
As partners come together as One CGIAR to enact a bold...
Climate adaptation and mitigation, Innovations, 
CGIAR webinar unleashes multidisciplinary approach to climate change and plant health
Experts and over 900 participants tackled the agricultural, social, and environmental...
Environmental health and biodiversity, Nutrition, health and food security 
IYPH webinars: Climate change and plant health
Webinar series from CGIAR examines the components of the crop supply...
Climate change adds to woes of lentil farmers in Nepal
Source: The Third Pole (25 Nov 2020)
Once a world leading lentil producer, Nepal is now having to...
Climate adaptation and mitigation, Nutrition, health and food security 
2020 World Food Prize recognizes career devoted to fight hunger and...
Rattan Lal receives agriculture’s highest distinction for developing sustainable farming practices...
Climate adaptation and mitigation, Environmental health and biodiversity, 
Climate change and agriculture: Way ahead for low-emission growth
Source: Down to Earth (25 Sep 2020)
Efficient use of fertilizer, adoption of zero-tillage and management of irrigation...
Climate adaptation and mitigation 
Multi-disciplinary approaches to crop improvement for faster climate change adaptation
A strategic research framework for crop improvement integrates genomics, systems biology,...
Climate adaptation and mitigation 
Investing in climate change-resistant crops
Source: Ingredients Network (15 Jun 2020)
CIMMYT is part of a global effort to develop stress-resistant crops...
Climate adaptation and mitigation, Nutrition, health and food security 
Pests and diseases and climate change: Is there a connection?
Although farmers have been battling pests and diseases since the dawn...
Climate adaptation and mitigation, Environmental health and biodiversity 
Innovation rush aims to help farmers, rich and poor, beat climate...
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation (29 Jul 2019)
CIMMYT is working with partners to breed wheat that better copes...
Climate adaptation and mitigation, Nutrition, health and food security 
Inequality, agriculture and climate change: From a vicious to a virtuous...
A transformation is urgently needed in the world’s food system to...
Climate adaptation and mitigation 
Rebuttal letter sets the record straight on crop breeding for climate...
Crop scientists refute the flawed findings of a study questioning climate...
Climate adaptation and mitigation, Nutrition, health and food security