Posts Tagged ‘innovation’
Cobs & Spikes podcast: Hello Tractor and agricultural innovation
January 4, 2019For small-scale farmers, mechanization and other appropriate technologies have a big impact in agricultural production and yield. However, they might lack the resources to buy these tools. Hello Tract …
Let’s make hunger history: Samjhana Khanal
November 22, 2018Samjhana Khanal surveys heat-tolerant maize varieties in Ludhiana, India, during a field day at the 13th Asian Maize Conference. (Photo: Manjit Singh/Punjab Agricultural University) KATHMANDU, Nepal — …
In your seeds I trust: African seed companies test the SeedAssure application
October 11, 2018NAIROBI (Kenya) — More than 20 representatives of eastern and southern African seed companies and regulatory agencies recently took part in the demonstration of a new seed certification application th …
Suitcase-sized lab speeds up wheat rust diagnosis
September 10, 2018A farm landscape in Ethiopia. (Photo: Apollo Habtamu/ILRI) Despite her unassuming nature, the literary character Miss Marple solves murder mysteries with her keen sense of perception and attention to …
Call for nominees: Maize-Asia Youth Innovators Awards
August 6, 2018Nominations are open for the 2018 Maize-Asia Youth Innovators Awards. The first edition of these awards recognizes the contributions of young women and men below 35 years of age who are implementing i …
Unleashing innovation at CIMMYT
July 27, 2018CIMMYT staff share lessons learned at UNLEASH innovation labs with colleagues Jennifer Johnson (first from right) and her team at UNLEASH 2018 work on solutions to improve nutrition for adolescent gir …
