food security
Scientist emphasizes digital agro-advisories utilization
Capacity development
Source: The Horn (14 Nov 2023)
CIMMYT scientist, Kindie Tesfaye highlights the role of user-centric climate information services and advisories in empowering farmers.
Top food policy expert hails nation’s efforts to bolster its grain resilience
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: China Daily (15 Nov 2023)
CIMMYT Director General, Bram Govaerts, praises China’s substantial investment in science and technology for food security.
Chewing over the future of global food security
CIMMYT Director General, Bram Govaerts, emphasizes the global food security challenges and applauds China’s efforts to address them.
Nepal maize farmers share vision of a more profitable future with visiting agriculture officials
Innovations
Energized linkages with grain buyers through the Nepal Seed and Fertilizer Project have farmers planning to expand maize cropping.
Bringing Space to Place: Transforming African Agriculture with Better SOILS
Capacity development
Source: IFDC (5 Nov 2023)
India transforms wheat for the world
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: Ukr Agroconsult (1 Nov 2023)
Investment in Wheat Pathogen Surveillance
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: Medium (30 Oct 2023)
Sainsbury Lab, John Innes Centre and 21 institutes, led by CIMMYT, join forces to monitor plant pathogens and improve wheat productivity in East Africa and South Asia.
In Ethiopia, regional and local representatives endorse national framework on climate services
Capacity development
Ethiopian Meteorological Institute in partnership with CIMMYT organized a workshop to scale climate-smart agriculture and climate information services for the benefit of millions of small-scale farmers in Ethiopia.
Year of millet: Why the renewed interest in the versatile grain
Nutrition, health and food security
Source: Farm Kenya (19 Oct 2023)
Experts are now turning to millet as a leading solution to combat rising obesity rates and improve nutrition in Kenya.
Breeding for the traits of tomorrow
Climate adaptation and mitigation
New survey identifies opportunities for redesigning crop varieties to win the race between climate change and food security.
LIPS-Zim empowers smallholder farmers
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: NewsDay (7 Sep 2023)
CIMMYT in partnership with various research institutions, seeks to increase livestock production and productivity by farmers through the Livestock Production Systems in Zimbabwe (LIPS-Zim) project.
Protected: Food security and income generation with eco-friendly sustainable practices in the natural reserve Cañón del Sumidero (Phase II)
Environmental health and biodiversity
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An Example of International Cooperation: China and CIMMYT
Innovations
Source: Science and Technology Daily (29 Jun 2023)
Awais Rasheed, an adjunct scientist at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), recently spoke to Science and Technology Daily about his pleasant experience working in China and the importance of international cooperation to address the global food security crisis.
Agricultural Transformation in Africa
Innovations
Bram Govaerts calls for support among CIMMYT, CGIAR, and African researchers.
