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Breaking Ground: Gokul Paudel finds the best on-farm practices for South Asia
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionCIMMYT system economist explores ways to streamline smallholder farming systems through mechanization, gender equity and conservation agriculture.
Who benefits?
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionStudy explores whether modern maize storage structures offer equal benefits to women and men farmers in Kenya, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
New publications: Voicing demand for farm power
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionStudy explores how gender norms and intra-household dynamics shape women’s demand articulation for labor-saving technologies.
The beginning of a beautiful partnership
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionExperts discuss solutions to postharvest losses and how agricultural mechanization can benefit rural women in the Global South.
CIMMYT-supported researcher earns doctorate for work on gender, maize value chains and food security
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionResearch was supported through the Stress Tolerant Maize for Africa (STMA) project.
New publications: COVID-19 induced economic loss and ensuring food security for vulnerable groups
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionStudy quantifies the economic losses from Bangladesh’s COVID-19 lockdowns and outlines policy implications for the country.
Building a better future
Climate adaptation and mitigationHow gender research supports rural women during times of crisis.
Starting with a seed
Capacity developmentInclusive seed business model empowers women from marginalized communities in Nepal.
Empowered rural women take on entrepreneurship
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionWomen in Odisha, India, successfully shoulder responsibility in leading their families through the COVID-19 crisis.
En route to improved agronomic literacy
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionWomen in rural Nepal prosper from training program on soil fertility management practices.
Women find a role in Bangladesh’s agricultural mechanization sector
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionTechnical and business training provides women with opportunities to break barriers and improve livelihoods.
East Africa partners welcome “new era” in wheat breeding collaboration
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionExperts from Ethiopia and Kenya join CIMMYT and other partners to renew a long-standing collaboration under the auspices of the new AGG project.
Reaching women with improved maize and wheat
Climate adaptation and mitigationThe new AGG project aims to respond to the climate emergency and gender nexus through gender-intentional product profiles for its improved seed varieties and gender-intentional seed delivery pathways.
New publications: Power, agency and benefits among women and men maize farmers
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionIncome-generating benefits of improved maize varieties hampered by patriarchal gender norms in rural Nigeria.
Lessons for gender in seed systems
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionWorkshop participants exchange ideas on expanding opportunities for women in the seed sector.