Results for "family farming"
Who does what in maize farming in Kenya?
Study deepens the understanding of women’s and men’s roles in maize plot management to guide gender-responsive maize breeding and seed system interventions.
7th Farming System Design Symposium: Webinar 4
Farming System Design (FSD7) Webinars on Capacity Development in Systems Research for the transformation of agri-food systems to achieve SDGs under climate change.
Jamal conquered his dreams through maize farming
A new video dramatizes the human stakes of the battle against fall armyworm and shows how techniques developed by CIMMYT and partners are helping farmers beat the pest.
Climate-smart agriculture: A winning strategy for farming families in El Niño seasons
A recent study from the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) shows that conservation agriculture and other climate-smart technologies are increasing yields and farmer resilience amidst drought episodes in southern Africa.
Embracing change: How family farmers can face the future
CABI’s CEO Trevor Nicholls and CIMMYT’s Director General Martin Kropff analyze the challenges and opportunities for family farmers in the next decade.
Six investments to help family farmers thrive in the next decade
CIMMYT’s director general and CABI’s CEO propose six ways to support family farmers.
Breaking Ground: Leonard Rusinamhodzi on innovating farming systems for climate change
Leonard Rusinamhodzi works with African farmers to innovate farming systems in the face of climate change.
Helping farming families thrive while fighting climate change in Mexico
Women and youth help lead efforts to adopt climate-friendly farming and safeguard indigenous maize yields.
Breaking Ground: Hands on experience gives Carolina Camacho insight into farming best practices
Tending her own crops gives Carolina Camacho insights into the challenges farmers face that she could never have learned in a classroom.
Improved maize offers new economic opportunity to Kenyan family
Improved maize varieties offer new economic opportunity to families in Kenya.
Transforming maize farming failures to successes in Kenya’s drylands
KDV4 is one of the DT varieties sold in Kenya’s eastern drylands alongside other improved varieties, developed by CIMMYT.
Looking towards the future: Govaerts examines food security and nutrition in a changing world
Bram Govaerts, associate director of the Global Conservation Agriculture Program (GCAP) and leader of the Sustainable Modernization of Traditional Agriculture (MasAgro) program, made a presentation on the future prognosis of food security and the actions that must be taken to achieve it at the Prospectiva del Mundo (World Prospective) Mexico 2015 conference on 25 June. The conference, organized by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and the Mexican chapter of the World Future Society, brought together national and international experts in fields such as development, education, finance and agriculture.
Celebrate World Food Day with CIMMYT on 16 October
Join CIMMYT in celebrating World Food Day on 16 October!
Former director general Timothy Reeves included in Queen’s Birthday Honours List
Reeves has been appointed a Member (AM) of the Order of Australia for significant service to sustainable agriculture research and production.
