adoption
Shining a brighter light on adoption and diffusion
Nutrition, health and food security
Improved maize varieties among top three CGIAR innovations adopted by up to 11 million households in Ethiopia, independent study shows.
Who benefits?
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Study explores whether modern maize storage structures offer equal benefits to women and men farmers in Kenya, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
New publications: Voicing demand for farm power
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Study explores how gender norms and intra-household dynamics shape women’s demand articulation for labor-saving technologies.
Rust-resistant bread wheat varieties widely adopted in Ethiopia
Nutrition, health and food security
Study shows investments and innovative policy decisions are increasing farmer incomes and national wheat productivity, with varieties originating from CIMMYT making a significant contribution.
A catastrophe avoided
Nutrition, health and food security
Unprecedented adoption of agricultural technologies wards off negative impacts of COVID-19 in northwestern India.
What can the last 30 years of research tell us?
Climate adaptation and mitigation
An expansive new review seeks out the key drivers of climate-resilient crop adoption to mobilize decades of scientific and development research towards the eradication of hunger by 2030.
CIMMYT and IITA collaborate to increase adoption of conservation agriculture in southern Africa
Innovations
New project will research and promote the adoption of sustainable farming method and practices.
Targeted fertilizer recommendations improve maize productivity in Ethiopia
Nutrition, health and food security
Researchers in Ethiopia show that well-targeted fertilizer recommendations improve fertilizer usage and productivity of maize production.
Ethiopian policymakers consider wider use of DNA fingerprinting
Innovations
This tool allows to identify varieties used by farmers and to track the adoption and impact of improved crops.
Study proposes alternative to conventional technology adoption research in smallholder agriculture
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
An alternative conceptual framework uses a process-oriented approach to understand technological change that focuses more on the agency of different social actors in the agricultural system.
Breaking Ground: Tawanda Mashonganyika unites crop breeders and market experts for more impactful varieties
Climate adaptation and mitigation
He supports breeders to design new varieties focused on replacing older products in a specific market.
