climate change

Environmental health and biodiversity
News

Securing biological diversity is a key mission for both organizations.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
News

CIMMYT participates in Climate Summit with an eye towards accelerating innovations.

Nutrition, health and food security
In the media

Source: The Nairobi Law Monthly (9 May 2023)

Civil society actors are stepping up to strengthen Africa’s potential to prevent greater food insecurity and regional instability caused by climate impacts.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
News

Smart smallholder fertilizer management practices to address food security and climate change.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
Features

New breeding science can fortify wheat against the onslaught of hotter weather, increasing droughts, and evolving and spreading pests and diseases.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
Features

As rising temperatures and water scarcities threaten food production and affecting global food security and livelihoods since last century, leading research organizations have joined efforts around solutions that can also benefit climate-threatened, staple food farming in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
News

Zambia Minister of Agriculture host CIMMYT Director General for deliberations on the country’s strategic road map.

Environmental health and biodiversity
News

CIMMYT is working with Zimbabwe government organizations to facilitate sustainable food security initiatives.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
In the media

Source: The Hindu (11 Feb 2023)

Arun Kumar Joshi provides insights into why India is expecting record levels of wheat production this year.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
Features

The downstream effects of the war in Ukraine imperils food security in countries like Nepal. A CSISA-led activity looks to boost local production via increased sustainable irrigation capacity and investment.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
Publications

New research estimates impact of farmer adaptation to climate change on maize, wheat, rice, sorghum and soybean.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
News

CIMMYT scientists and their Chinese counterparts discuss best methods for protecting food crop production from climate change.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
Publications

CIMMYT researchers comb through data to enumerate the benefits, and costs, of specific climate mitigation initiatives in the AFOLU sector of Mexico.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
Publications

Researchers provide data-driven approach to systematically analyze the production and diffusion of knowledge on food systems and climate change.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
Features

Climate-resilient soil fertility management by smallholders in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.