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Integrating gender into crop breeding
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Innovative approaches to incorporating gender considerations into Seed Production Technology for Africa.
The status of women in agri-food systems
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
CIMMYT’s efforts to align with FAO recommendations to strengthen women’s roles in food systems.
One year of Women in Crop Science at CIMMYT
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
For its first birthday, a co-founder of the Women in Crop Science at CIMMYT, talks about their journey over the past year.
Growing stronger with every season
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
At CIMMYT, our Women in Crop Science network is working to create a more inclusive internal and external environment. Here’s a glimpse of a day in the life of our team.
Supporting the careers of women in science
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
In an interview with Happy Makuru Daudi, she shares her career journey and why groundnut is a ‘woman’s crop’.
Solar powered dryers boost peanut production in Togo
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
The introduction of new technology has enabled farmers in West Africa to improve the quality and minimize losses of a national staple.
On Africa’s farms, the forecast calls for adaptation and innovation
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: Gates Notes (31 Jan 2023)
Bill Gates reflects on a recent visit to a Kenyan farm to see firsthand the results of work by CIMMYT and CGIAR.
Latin American female scientists collaborate on CIMMYT-supported TechMaiz project
Capacity development
Women researchers from Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala and Peru work alongside each other on innovative project and build bonds in the hope of completing future projects.
How a new generation of women are changing wheat science
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Over the past 12 years, the Jeanie Borlaug Laube Women in Triticum award has supported 66 early-career women scientists as they build a stronger, more inclusive community of wheat scholars fighting hunger worldwide.
In maize research, farmers’ priorities are our priorities
Climate adaptation and mitigation
New CIMMYT research sheds light on farmer maize preferences in Ethiopia and western Kenya.
CIMMYT at COP27
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Catch up on presentations from CIMMYT scientists and researchers at COP27, held between November 6-18.
New WIRES initiatives to advance women’s careers in science and research
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
The CGIAR Women in Research and Science (WIRES) employee-led resource group recently had a virtual engagement to discuss the progress and new happenings in the group.
