Environmental health and biodiversity
The world needs better management of water, soil, nutrients, and biodiversity in crop, livestock, and fisheries systems, coupled with higher-order landscape considerations as well as circular economy and agroecological approaches.
CIMMYT and CGIAR use modern digital tools to bring together state-of-the-art Earth system observation and big data analysis to inform co-design of global solutions and national policies.
Our maize and wheat genebanks preserve the legacy of biodiversity, while breeders and researchers look at ways to reduce the environmental footprint of agriculture.
Ultimately, our work helps stay within planetary boundaries and limit water use, nutrient use, pollution, undesirable land use change, and biodiversity loss.
Biodiversity-smart agriculture – the role of labour requirements
Climate adaptation and mitigationDiscovering the potential of multispectral UAV and satellite sensors in detecting wheat rust in Ethiopia
Environmental health and biodiversitySensor technology is an efficient mitigator of crop epidemic and global food security risks.
How 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.
Evaluating Agro-ecological Management Options for Fall Armyworm in Zimbabwe
Environmental health and biodiversityWheat DEWAS to expand its wheat pathogen surveillance system project to East Africa, South Asia
Climate adaptation and mitigationSource: Farmers Review Africa (2 Nov 2023)
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.
EU-funded project refurbishes Gwanda veterinary lab, boosting livestock disease control
Capacity developmentSource: The Free Library (22 Nov 2023)
The LIPS-ZIM program to enhance livestock productivity and control diseases affecting smallholder farmers.
Resilience Building through agroecological intensification in Zimbabwe (RAIZ)
Climate adaptation and mitigationResponse of African sorghum genotypes for drought tolerance under variable environments
Capacity developmentScientists revealed a vast diversity in the genetic resources of sorghum and provided a pathway for selecting promising genotypes for regions prone to drought in sub-Saharan Africa.
EU-funded project refurbishes Gwanda veterinary lab, boosting livestock disease control
Environmental health and biodiversitySource: CITE (3 Nov 2023)
CIMMYT collaborates to enhance disease control for livestock, assisting smallholder farmers.
Sustainable Intensification of Smallholder Farming Systems in Zambia (SIFAZ)
Climate adaptation and mitigationIndia transforms wheat for the world
Climate adaptation and mitigationSource: Ukr Agroconsult (1 Nov 2023)
The need to consider biological actors as an influence when studying market agencies
Environmental health and biodiversityNew partnership announced to protect Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique by improving agricultural livelihoods and crop systems
Environmental health and biodiversityGRP and CIMMYT signed up cooperation framework at Borlaug Dialogue organized by the World Food Prize Foundation.