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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.
Hands-on experience in seed production
Capacity development
Postgraduate students visit a hybrid maize seed company as part of drive to enhance partnerships between Nepal’s agricultural universities and the seed industry.
Breaking Ground: Fatima Camarillo invests in education
Capacity development
Educator and researcher trains partners from around the world in CIMMYT’s unique wheat improvement course.
A challenge solved
Environmental health and biodiversity
Massive study of breeding lines across environments pinpoints genomic regions associated with yield potential and stress-resilience in bread wheat.
Far-reaching impacts
Capacity development
Alumni of CIMMYT’s historic wheat training program reflect on a powerful learning experience.
Nepal launches digital soil map
Environmental health and biodiversity
Digital platform provides information that will help increase crop productivity and improve soil health.
Breaking Ground: Gokul Paudel finds the best on-farm practices for South Asia
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
CIMMYT system economist explores ways to streamline smallholder farming systems through mechanization, gender equity and conservation agriculture.
Climate change adds to woes of lentil farmers in Nepal
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: The Third Pole (25 Nov 2020)
Once a world leading lentil producer, Nepal is now having to import them as farmers struggle with low productivity and warmer, wetter weather.
Money-making machines
Capacity development
Small-mechanization pilot initiative signs up 15 service providers to boost incomes and resilience through a lease-to-own business model in Masvingo, Zimbabwe.
