Aparna Das is a Senior Technical Program Manager for the Global Maize Program, working with breeding teams to implement new strategies to improve the product delivery pipeline.
Capacity development
IMIC-Africa Field Day 2025 brought together science, seed innovation, and collaboration across Africa to fast-track resilient, high-yield maize solutions from lab to farm.
Capacity development
Crops to End Hunger is modernizing CGIAR breeding systems to boost impact, speed, and inclusivity—transforming how we breed for tomorrow.
CIMMYT unveils seven new tropical maize hybrids for uptake by partners targeting Eastern Africa and similar regions
Innovations
CIMMYT announces the release of five new, improved tropical maize hybrids for licensing, offering drought tolerance, high yield, and resistance to key diseases, tailored to enhance productivity in stress-prone agroecologies of Southern Africa
Climate adaptation and mitigation
The International Maize Improvement Consortium for Africa field day in Harare enabled CIMMYT to showcase genetically diverse maize lines, have structured dialogues with diverse stakeholders, and review and refine breeding strategies and approaches.
Innovations
CIMMYT offers new, improved maize hybrid to partners, to scale up production for farmers in the region.
Capacity development
Working groups for seed systems stakeholders, known as Product Design Teams (PDT), are improving the availability and accessibility of seeds in Africa.
Capacity development
CIMMYT is actively engaging a wide spectrum of stakeholders to define and harmonize target product profiles across Africa, with farmers at the heart.
Innovations
In a recent visit to KALRO facilities in Kiboko, Kenya, CIMMYT commits to advancing the deployment of climate-resilient maize varieties in eastern and southern Africa.
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
The CGIAR Women in Research and Science (WIRES) employee-led resource group recently had a virtual engagement to discuss the progress and new happenings in the group.
Innovations
CIMMYT is offering a new improved maize hybrid to partners, to scale up production for farmers in the region.
Innovations
CIMMYT is offering a new set of improved maize hybrids to partners, to scale up production for farmers in the region.
Innovations
CIMMYT is offering a new set of improved maize hybrids to partners, to scale up production for farmers in these areas.
Nutrition, health and food security
Source: Devex (4 May 2020)
Leaders from CIMMYT, Harvest Plus and Clinton Development Initiative discuss need for smallholder farmers to be resilient against shocks — pandemics, droughts or crop infestations.
Nutrition, health and food security
Source: The Nation (27 Apr 2020)
CIMMYT, Clinton Development Initiative and Harvest Plus work together to make drought-tolerant and vitamin A biofortified maize available to farmers in Malawi.