Sustainable agrifood systems
Rapid modern wheat variety adoption key to supply chain security in Malawi
Nutrition, health and food security
CIMMYT experts collaborate with private sector to propel improved variety adoption in Malawi.
Ethiopian machines for Ethiopian farmers
Innovations
Locally produced seed cleaners are making a big difference in Ethiopia and inspiring innovation in Benin.
The Australian High Commission, ACIAR and BARC delegates recognizes the BWMRI-CIMMYT collaborative wheat blast research platform in Bangladesh
Environmental health and biodiversity
Delegates travelled to South Asia to witness the success of a collaboration which is combatting wheat blast disease in Bangladesh and for other wheat growing nations.
Strengthening partnerships with government and private sector in Malawi
Capacity development
CIMMYT-led event bringing private sector and government together is a success story of the power of collaboration.
Scaling impact of dryland crops research through regional crop improvement networks
Environmental health and biodiversity
Scientists and stakeholders in Africa are co-designing a network approach to improve and expand dryland crops value chains in the continent.
One year of Women in Crop Science at CIMMYT
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
For its first birthday, a co-founder of the Women in Crop Science at CIMMYT, talks about their journey over the past year.
Market Intelligence Briefs – a new publication series to inform crop-breeding decisions
Capacity development
The CGIAR Initiative on Market Intelligence releases two reports on a framework for informing crop breeding and future market segments for hybrid maize.
Building towards a climate-smart agriculture future through harnessing crop modeling
Climate adaptation and mitigation
A workshop supports participants to grow their crop modeling expertise, with the aim of improving the use of tools in Zimbabwe and the rest of Africa.
Farmers in Buhera gear up for climate-smart agriculture
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Water harvesting technology trials give hope to farmers in semi-arid regions of Zimbabwe.
A deceptively simple hack boosts wheat yields in Bihar
Climate adaptation and mitigation
A hotter planet was devastating wheat yields in one of India’s poorest but most fertile states. Researchers looked at the agricultural system as a whole to find a promising path forward.
African smallholder farmers hit hard by global food shortage: expert
Nutrition, health and food security
Source: Africa Briefing (13 Feb 2023)
Bram Govaerts emphasizes the potential for agricultural development in Africa using nutritious indigenous crops.