Sustainable agrifood systems
CIMMYT takes part in the 113th edition of the Zimbabwe Agricultural Show
The Zimbabwe Agricultural Show, an annual event attracting over 200,000 people, serves as a premier platform to foster and promote agricultural development in Zimbabwe.
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.
The world must act to avert a climate-induced food shortage, cautions Cary Fowler. CIMMYT has a strategy to strengthen agrifood systems.
Cary Fowler, U.S. special envoy for food security, warns of dire consequences if the international community fails to act to mitigate climate change impacts on agrifood systems. The CIMMYT 2030 Strategy holds the approach to respond and mitigate some of the worst effects of this looming crisis.
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.
Conservation agriculture helps smallholder farmers to be more resource efficient
A village in the Indian state of Bihar boasts 100% zero-till technology adoption, helping improve agriculture production and climate change mitigation.
Mechanisation to re-configure smallholder production
Source: The Herald (12 Sep 2023)
CIMMYT hosted a meeting to reflect upon the HAFIZ project nearest end, shaping the future of mechanisation policies and interventions in Zimbabwe.
The Scaling Scan — launch of 3rd edition
Helping great innovations scale to successful implementation.
LIPS-Zim empowers smallholder farmers
Source: NewsDay (7 Sep 2023)
CIMMYT in partnership with various research institutions, seeks to increase livestock production and productivity by farmers through the Livestock Production Systems in Zimbabwe (LIPS-Zim) project.
Realizing the Potential of Neglected Crops in Latin America
CIMMYT highlights the value of neglected crops in Latin America through new methodologies and initiatives.
Harnessing new high-resolution satellite imagery to plant breeding
New study by CIMMYT researchers shows how multi-temporal, high-resolution satellite images can be used effectively to monitor breeding maize and wheat breeding plots in diverse environments.
Steering towards success
Inaugural Rwanda National Seed Congress paves the way for sustainable seed industry growth.
Agroecology alliance calls for more food at less cost to nature in Congo Basin
Source: Mongabay (28 Aug 2023)
CIMMYT research, Prasanna Boddupalli, emphasise the importance of reorienting food production systems and agricultural policy across the Congo Basin.
Smallholder Mexican farmers adopt resource-conserving innovations: slowly and in bits
Supporting a gradual, step-wise adoption of conservation agriculture — along with livestock and residue management, use of new crops and improved varieties, and appropriate mechanization — appears promising.
A Mexican farm research program gains praise and interest for use abroad
The Mexican government-supported research-for-rural development initiative MasAgro has raised maize and wheat yields and farm profitability while mitigating farmers’ risk and agriculture’s ecological and climate impacts.