SystemDev
Transforming Agriculture: A Day in Cambodia with Wanjiku Guchu
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: CGIAR ()
CIMMYT contributes significantly to the global Excellence in Agronomy Initiative, focusing on sustainable agriculture and climate adaptation.
Market segmentation and Target Product Profiles (TPPs): developing and delivering impactful products for farming communities
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.
Researchers gather to reflect on and lead CIMMYT’s Gender Equity and Social Inclusion (GESI) efforts with renewed commitment and partnership
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
On the sidelines of the CGIAR Gender Research Conference 2023 in New Delhi, CIMMYT researchers working on gender and social inclusion across the Global South gathered to discuss pathways toward 2030 for making GESI efforts intentional and impactful.
Tackling fall armyworm with sustainable control practices
Capacity development
Adopting sustainable and ecofriendly agricultural practices, sharing valuable knowledge, and providing farmers with effective tools and techniques can help mitigate the impact of fall armyworm in Zimbabwe.
Using social network analysis to assess collaborative networks: a case study from the genebank platform evaluation
Innovations
Source: CGIAR ()
SNA empowers CIMMYT to uncover and strengthen vital connections within agricultural research networks, fostering collaborative innovations for global food security.
Enhancing partnerships for agricultural development
Capacity development
AID-I Tanzania partners make plans to step up activity implementation, achieve wider impact, and build resilience for larger populations in 2024.
Afriseed: How improved legume seed can help transform Zambia’s agrifood systems
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Afriseed and AID-I are helping smallholder famers in Zambia transition to improved, high-yielding legumes.
Visit by Dr. Vijesh Krishna – CIMMYT
Source: Foundation for Agrarian Studies ()
Vijesh V. Krishna, Principal Scientist / Lead Economist of CIMMYT visited the Foundation for Agrarian Studies in Bengaluru.
Every drop of water matters: Leading global research institutes ally to aid farmers in dry and saline ecosystems
Capacity development
Two world-class research-for-development centers will work to raise food production and livelihoods in croplands where water is the defining constraint.
Transforming rural agriculture with improved seed and mechanization
Capacity development
Attended by over 1,300 smallholder farmers, the fourth edition of the CIMMYT seed and mechanization fairs held in Mwenezi and Masvingo districts linked farmers with private sector companies.
Combatting maize lethal necrosis in Zimbabwe
Capacity development
CIMMYT leads training sessions to equip stakeholders with tools to identify and mitigate the effects of MLN.
Strategy: Public-Private Collaboration
Source: SeedWorld ()
CIMMYT stands at the forefront of uniting public and private sectors in plant breeding.
Sowing seeds of change: CIMMYT leads crop diversification efforts in South Asia
Capacity development
CIMMYT is leading South Asia’s crop diversification efforts with projects such as TAFSSA and RUPANTAR, focusing on evidence-based policies and robust support to smallholder farmers.
Ismahane Elouafi returns to CIMMYT—on a system-wide tour
Environmental health and biodiversity
CGIAR leadership visited CIMMYT to learn about the Center’s work in advancing resilient food systems.
What do we know about the future of agri-food systems in Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA)?
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: CGIAR ()
cCIMMYT’s research and development efforts are critical in addressing the environmental and socio-economic challenges of agriculture in CWANA.
