Climate adaptation and mitigation
Climate change threatens to reduce global crop production, and poor people in tropical environments will be hit the hardest. More than 90% of CIMMYT’s work relates to climate change, helping farmers adapt to shocks while producing more food, and reduce emissions where possible. Innovations include new maize and wheat varieties that withstand drought, heat and pests; conservation agriculture; farming methods that save water and reduce the need for fertilizer; climate information services; and index-based insurance for farmers whose crops are damaged by bad weather. CIMMYT is an important contributor to the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security.
CIMMYT at the Borlaug Dialogue
Capacity developmentThe 2023 Borlaug Dialogue showcased CIMMYT’s collaborations in Mozambique and innovative initiatives to address agricultural challenges in Southern Africa.
Sieg Snapp receives International Soil Science Award
Climate adaptation and mitigationDirector of CIMMYT’s Sustainable Agrifood Systems program recognized for outstanding contributions to soil science.
Biodiversity-smart agriculture – the role of labour requirements
Climate adaptation and mitigationHow K-State research feeds the world
Climate adaptation and mitigationSource: Seek Research Magazine ()
CIMMYT collaborates with Jared Crain, former director of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Applied Wheat Genomics.
While you were sleeping: increasing nighttime temperatures and their effects on plant productivity
Climate adaptation and mitigationWarming nights due to climate change are affecting wheat crops, including traditionally heat-tolerant varieties, according to a study by CIMMYT researchers. The findings underscore the need to take nighttime conditions into account when breeding resilient crop.
Wheat DEWAS to expand its wheat pathogen surveillance system project to East Africa, South Asia
Climate adaptation and mitigationSource: Farmers Review Africa (2 Nov 2023)
Millers in Nigeria laud the release to farmers of co-developed, CIMMYT-derived wheat varieties
Climate adaptation and mitigationWheat yield and adaptation demonstrate the power of collaborative research, miller group spokesperson said.
Sequestering carbon in soils: what agriculture can do
Climate adaptation and mitigationSource: Cirad (1 Nov 2023)
CIMMYT studying sustainable strategies and soil carbon stocks.
Ten years later: CIMMYT facilities in East Africa continue to make a difference
Climate adaptation and mitigationA decade of maize impact, celebrating 10 years of success with CIMMYT’s maize DH and MLN screening facilities.
LIPS-Zimbabwe empowers farmers through innovative intercropping trials
Climate adaptation and mitigationLIPS-Zimbabwe has been at the frontline of introducing innovations to farmers in Mutoko and Buhera by integrating intercropping trials.
CIMMYT’s Hub Model – a learning field in Mexico for the Indian Scientists
Climate adaptation and mitigationGenderUp: a conversational tool for achieving more inclusive impact from innovations
Climate adaptation and mitigationSource: Gender Impact Platform (21 Nov 2023)
Resilience Building through agroecological intensification in Zimbabwe (RAIZ)
Climate adaptation and mitigationIn Ethiopia, workshop brings together stakeholders on climate risk analysis outputs
Climate adaptation and mitigationStakeholders commend climate risk adaptation plans for Ethiopian value chains, including maize and wheat.