Climate change science

In the media

tag icon Environmental health and biodiversity

Source: Smart Farmer Africa (16 May 2023)

Plant health experts met on May 12, International Day of Plant Health, to discuss and address the challenges facing plant health management capacity in the Global South.

In the media

tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

Source: The Nairobi Law Monthly (9 May 2023)

Civil society actors are stepping up to strengthen Africa’s potential to prevent greater food insecurity and regional instability caused by climate impacts.

In the media

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Source: Mexico Business News (9 May 2023)

Bram Govaerts, CIMMYT Director General, addresses the root causes of forced migrations with five adaptation measures that public and private actors can adopt to strengthen agri-food systems and protect vulnerable regions from climate shocks.

Features

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

As rising temperatures and water scarcities threaten food production and affecting global food security and livelihoods since last century, leading research organizations have joined efforts around solutions that can also benefit climate-threatened, staple food farming in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture.

In the media

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Source: Times of India (20 Jan 2023)

Farmers in India learn how to adapt their methodologies to climate change.

Publications

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

CIMMYT researchers comb through data to enumerate the benefits, and costs, of specific climate mitigation initiatives in the AFOLU sector of Mexico.

Publications

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Researchers provide data-driven approach to systematically analyze the production and diffusion of knowledge on food systems and climate change.

In the media

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Source: Tech and Science Post (15 Dec 2022)

The seemingly small shift in the planting season had a cascading effect that delayed the fire season by about two weeks and exacerbated air pollution.

In the media

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Source: VoxDev (5 Nov 2022)

Paswel Marenya, Adoption and Impact Assessment Economist at CIMMYT, explains on a podcast how bundling genetic and financial technologies can make small-scale agriculture more resilient and productive.

News

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Around one thousand farmers flocked to a recent two-day climate-smart seed and mechanization fair in Zimbabwe’s Masvingo district, signaling strong interest in these two climate adaptation strategies.

Publications

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

The goals for breeding new crops have been changed by the rising demands for climate-ready crops, originating from the urgent need to adapt to climate change.

Features

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Catch up on presentations from CIMMYT scientists and researchers at COP27, held between November 6-18.

Publications

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Responses of yields and N₂O emissions to N inputs could be used to design appropriate N management strategies for addressing the dual challenge of food insecurity and climate crisis.

Features

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

CIMMYT and ICAR partner to reward Indian farmers for utilizing climate smart agricultural practices.

Publications

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Reducing the gender gap in Ethiopian farming households can enhance climate change adaptation by female-headed households by almost 19%.