big data
Turning data swamps into data lakes
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
New metadata schema will make it easier for scientists to find and reuse open-access data.
Sieglinde Snapp
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Climate change slows wheat breeding progress for yield and wide adaptation, new study finds
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Increasingly unpredictable weather poses challenges for breeding widely-adapted wheat lines, but stress tolerance breeding is boosting wheat’s hardiness under rising temperatures.
Nepal launches digital soil map
Environmental health and biodiversity
Digital platform provides information that will help increase crop productivity and improve soil health.
Power of data: To enhance food security
Innovations
Source: The Himalayan Times (6 Nov 2020)
CIMMYT and Nepal’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development developed a digitally enabled seed information system so farmers have timely access to quality seed.
Digital revolution can transform agri-food systems
Innovations
As the world becomes increasingly digital, the international agricultural research-for-development sector needs to keep up.
Crop Modeling community of practice
Capacity development
Improving global coordination of crop modeling efforts.
AgriFoodTrust platform gains momentum in quest for more inclusive, transparent agriculture
Innovations
The testing and learning platform is working to tackle issues from adulterated seeds to crop residue burning.
Tangible agricultural solutions shine at first online AGRF
Innovations
CIMMYT puts forward integrated systems, healthy diets and One CGIAR agronomic innovation at first-ever virtual edition of the African Green Revolution Forum.
Crop-loss Assessment Monitor: A multi-model and multistage decision support system
Innovations
Study shows how the Crop-loss Assessment Monitor could help improve loss assessment and make crop insurance more efficient.
Excellence in Agronomy 2030 initiative to launch at African Green Revolution Forum
Climate adaptation and mitigation
CGIAR centers join efforts on agronomy research and innovation initiative to support agricultural productivity growth in the global South.
Researchers urged to use common gender keywords to improve data impact
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
A lack of consistent keywords when tagging research is leading to holes in searches for gender research across CGIAR, the world’s largest network of agricultural researchers. A more systematic and sharper use of keywords when describing datasets will improve findability in searches.
