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.
“Invisible women” hold key to food security – ex-WFP chief Catherine Bertini
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Despite the large numbers of women working on farms, their voices are not heard by international development policymakers, handicapping global efforts to achieve food security, Catherine Bertini says.
Beating the odds: Indigenous female scientist gets Mexico’s National Youth Award
Capacity development
CIMMYT PhD fellow Tania Martínez receives Mexican National Youth Award for her outstanding performance in academic achievement.
Learning from 8,000 people to integrate gender into agricultural research
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
It is often a mystery why a new agricultural technology or practice can be successful in one community yet fail to have the desired effect in another.
Building a sustainable future: A history of conservation agriculture in southern Africa
Capacity development
Since 2004, conservation agriculture has helped farmers in southern Africa maintain and boost yields, protect the environment and increase profits.
New Publications: Maize Lethal Necrosis survey reveals farmer impact, future needs
Capacity development
A new study reveals the need for continued development of maize varieities resistant to MLN and strengthening farmer resilience.
A woman for wheat: Maricelis Acevedo takes on new role
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Maricelis Acevedo, newly appointed associate director for science for the Delivering Genetic Gain in Wheat project left her island home of Puerto Rico in 2003 to pursue a career as a pathologist and has been traveling the world ever since.
At 50-year mark, CIMMYT scientists strive for gender equity
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Efforts to meet agricultural needs of women farmers to bolster global food security took shape in CIMMYT’s early days.
Participatory approaches to gender in agricultural development
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
For gender specialist Mulunesh Tsegaye participatory approaches are the best way of ensuring agricultural development projects are responsive to gender dynamics.
Reducing the gender gap in agriculture
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
To mark International Women’s Day 2016, CIMMYT created an infographic to highlight the importance of reducing the gender gap in agriculture.
Moving beyond agriculture’s gender status quo
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
We have to commit to also include women and others who were largely overlooked in agriculture in the past.
A granny’s boundless resilience and strength, a pillar for women maize farmers
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Women play a major role in African agriculture. Purity Wanjiku, of Kenya, is a pillar for women in her village who depend on her land to grow food for their families.
Q+A: Ignore preconceptions, stake claim on science, CIMMYT’s Natalia Palacios tells women, girls
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Discrimination in the science sector remains a significant challenge to achieving gender balance in education and professional research, said Natalia Palacios, a top maize researcher.
Q+A: How women and girls can succeed in science, according to CIMMYT’s Sarah Hearne
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Gender balance is science is imperative to obtain the best results said CIMMYT scientist Sarah Hearne on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2016.
Inaugural Paula Kantor Award recognizes work on agriculture, gender, improved diets
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Post-doctoral fellow Soumya Gupta is the winner of the inaugural Paula Kantor Award for Excellence in Field Research, the International Centre for Research on Women announces.
Can maize help farmers in Odisha, India, cope with climate change?
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Increasing drought and low rainfall are leading many rice farmers in India’s plateau region of Odisha to start cultivating a crop that requires less water, has lower input costs and earns farmers greater profit – maize.