Innovations for development
Fodder Technology Chops Backbreaking Labor in Half for Bangladeshi Women
Environmental health and biodiversity
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
Capacity development
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
Capacity development
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Protected: Identification and exploitation of sources of resistance to yellow rust in triticale
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Protected: IFDC-Soil Advisories Project
Innovations
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Protected: BNI- Wheat Future: towards reducing global nitrogen use in wheat
Capacity development
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Research local: co-creation generates novel options to tackle global problems
Capacity development
CIMMYT research helps meet Sustainable Development Goals through engagement of scientists and stakeholders in participatory action research.
Protected: Waxy maize in Mexico
Capacity development
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Protected: Food security and income generation with eco-friendly sustainable practices in the natural reserve Cañón del Sumidero (Phase II)
Environmental health and biodiversity
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Protected: Technicians certified on sustainable agriculture in the Mexican state of Zacatecas 2023 – 2024
Capacity development
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Technology can boost farming in Africa, but it can also threaten biodiversity – how to balance the two
Environmental health and biodiversity
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.
Regenerative Agriculture Boosts Second Green Revolution
Capacity development
Source: Mexico Business News (29 Jun 2023)
In Mexico, there are different examples of regenerative agriculture projects led by international organizations, such as CIMMYT’s partnership agreement with NestlĂ© and Bimbo that have helped rural communities to improve their productive processes through regenerative farming practices.
An Example of International Cooperation: China and CIMMYT
Innovations
Source: Science and Technology Daily (29 Jun 2023)
Awais Rasheed, an adjunct scientist at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), recently spoke to Science and Technology Daily about his pleasant experience working in China and the importance of international cooperation to address the global food security crisis.
