seeds
Opening the door to commercial fodder production
Climate adaptation and mitigation
CIMMYT is partnering with GIZ in Zambia to clear hurdles for smallholder farmers to produce fodder at a commercial level.
Plant health data is critical for effective policy change
Environmental health and biodiversity
Experts gathered at the FAO Science and Innovation Forum to drive forward research partnerships to curb crop loss due to pests and diseases through efficient global sharing of data.
Elite maize seeds handed over to seed sector stakeholders in Nepal
Nutrition, health and food security
A range of maize varieties that are high-yielding, climate resilient and nutritious are being introduced for the first time in Nepal.
In Burkina Faso, a business model for mechanization is providing hope
Innovations
CIMMYT and its partners are helping farmers branch out into business to improve crop yield and create job opportunities in their communities.
The right time for the right place
Nutrition, health and food security
Zone-specific recommendations provide Afghan farmers with the best practices in wheat production for their region.
Setting a standard: improving field trial data
Capacity development
New manual helps standardize field trial data collection across Afghanistan.
Can agriculture bring South Asian countries together?
Climate adaptation and mitigation
An article in Amar Ujala in India explores the cross-country collaboration instigated by the Borlaug Institute for South Asia.
Strengthening capacity and building national and regional partnerships in the seed sector
Capacity development
CIMMYT and its partners provide training on hybrid maize seeds to value chain actors from South Asia.
The power of data in improving conditions for female farmers
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
With the help of big data, CIMMYT researchers in Bangladesh partner with Michigan State University and local NGOs to pinpoint opportunities to increase women’s participation in farm extension training sessions.
Researchers in East Africa add the Enterprise Breeding System to their work tools
Capacity development
Scientists, research technicians and data managers learn functionalities and applications of EBS during in-person training in Nairobi.
MARPLE reaches South Asia
Capacity development
Nepali researchers get trained on rapid diagnostics tool and get ready to monitor yellow rust in the 2022/23 wheat season.
Turning data swamps into data lakes
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
New metadata schema will make it easier for scientists to find and reuse open-access data.
Seed giants must collaborate or be dwarfed by threat of climate change
Climate adaptation and mitigation
New funding models, such as public-private partnerships, can collectively address knowledge gaps to avoid potential catastrophes for society at large.
An example of best practice
Innovations
CIMMYT’s MasAgro project acknowledged for promoting sustainable agriculture in new report by The Economist Intelligence Unit.
From science to impact: a chat with women scientists at CIMMYT
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Martin Kropff sits down with scientists involved in maize breeding, wheat quality and crop data to discuss their successes and passion behind the work that they do to help CIMMYT and CGIAR reach the Sustainable Development Goals.