Innovations for development
The world’s future wheat will need to withstand the climate crisis
Source: Quartz (20 Sep 2023)
As hotter temperatures and drought become the norm in places used to growing wheat, CIMMYT is working to face new and ongoing challenges to develop a more climate resilient wheat.
Public and Private Plant Breeding: Finding Common Ground
Source: SeedWorld (10 Sep 2023)
Fernando Gonzalez, a retired plant breeder from CIMMYT, participated in the webinar hosted by Seed World Group, unveiling possible paths forward public and private plant breeding efforts.
Fodder Technology Chops Backbreaking Labor in Half for Bangladeshi Women
Source: AgriLink (31 Mar 2023)
The fodder chopper implemented by CIMMYT has been a game-changer for female farmers and wider rural economies in Bangladesh.
The Scaling Scan — launch of 3rd edition
Helping great innovations scale to successful implementation.
Protected: Strengthen breeding new wheat varieties and promotion of spring wheat development in China by using CIMMYT germplasm and technology to increase food productivity
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Protected: Identification and exploitation of sources of resistance to yellow rust in triticale
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Protected: BNI- Wheat Future: towards reducing global nitrogen use in wheat
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Research local: co-creation generates novel options to tackle global problems
CIMMYT research helps meet Sustainable Development Goals through engagement of scientists and stakeholders in participatory action research.
Protected: Food security and income generation with eco-friendly sustainable practices in the natural reserve Cañón del Sumidero (Phase II)
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Protected: Technicians certified on sustainable agriculture in the Mexican state of Zacatecas 2023 – 2024
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Technology can boost farming in Africa, but it can also threaten biodiversity – how to balance the two
Source: The Conversation (14 Jul 2023)
CIMMYT researcher, Frédéric Baudron and researchers in economics, agronomy and ecology emphasise the importance of biodiversity-smart agricultural strategies in Africa.
