consumers
Nutrition, health and food security
Exploring the potential for scaling nutritious cereal-based foods
CIMMYT’s agrifood systems research looks at how to better connect farmers to consumers in a sustainable way, allowing for higher benefits from farming and increased access to nutritious cereal-based food for consumers.
Nutrition, health and food security
Can Uganda attain zero-hunger?
New study projects food demand in 2030 and considers the implications for meeting the Sustainable Development Goals.
Nutrition, health and food security
In the best possible taste
Researchers in Kenya and Uganda are incorporating sensory preferences like taste, smell or texture into maize breeding.
Nutrition, health and food security
Environmental health and biodiversity
One-minute science: Trent Blare and blue maize products
Consumers near Mexico City perceived blue maize tortillas to taste better. They were willing to pay up to a third more to buy them for special family events or to consume them in restaurants.
Environmental health and biodiversity
Blue maize is all the rage, but are consumers willing to pay?
Study gives insight into Mexican consumers’ preferences and demand for blue maize tortillas.
