Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

Gender and other social differences such as age, wealth and ethnicity, have an enormous influence upon the success of agricultural interventions. To ensure equitable impacts and benefits to rural people, CIMMYT emphasizes inclusive research and development interventions. Starting with the collection of data on gender and social differences, efforts are underway to address these gaps and ensure equitable adoption of technologies and practice. This includes working towards gender-equitable control of productive assets and resources; technologies that reduce women’s labor; and improved capacity of women and youth to participate in decision-making.

Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Press releases

The annual award recognizes outstanding achievements and contributions by scientists, engineers, or other professionals in the agricultural, environmental, or food sectors to the advancement of science through communication in public policy fields.

Capacity development
In the media

Source: Global Citizen (21 Apr 2023)

CIMMYT gender research helps the Agrovita program, a collaboration between PepsiCo and Proforest, a UK-based agriculture non-profit, to design and promote gender sensitive training programs for smallholder cacao farmers in Tabasco and Chiapas, Mexico.

Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Features

CIMMYT’s efforts to align with FAO recommendations to strengthen women’s roles in food systems.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
News

Harisankar Nayak’s thesis honored at a ceremony hosted by India’s Vice President

Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Press releases

The Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) is pleased to announce the 2023 Jeanie Borlaug Laube Women in Triticum (WIT) Early Career and Mentor awardees, recognizing excellence in science and leadership for a wheat-secure future.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Features

For its first birthday, a co-founder of the Women in Crop Science at CIMMYT, talks about their journey over the past year.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Videos

At CIMMYT, our Women in Crop Science network is working to create a more inclusive internal and external environment. Here’s a glimpse of a day in the life of our team.

Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Features

In an interview with Happy Makuru Daudi, she shares her career journey and why groundnut is a ‘woman’s crop’.

Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Features

The introduction of new technology has enabled farmers in West Africa to improve the quality and minimize losses of a national staple.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
In the media

Source: Gates Notes (31 Jan 2023)

Bill Gates reflects on a recent visit to a Kenyan farm to see firsthand the results of work by CIMMYT and CGIAR.

Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
News

Over the past 12 years, the Jeanie Borlaug Laube Women in Triticum award has supported 66 early-career women scientists as they build a stronger, more inclusive community of wheat scholars fighting hunger worldwide.