Innovations

Working with smallholders to understand their needs and build on their knowledge, CIMMYT brings the right seeds and inputs to local markets, raises awareness of more productive cropping practices, and works to bring local mechanization and irrigation services based on conservation agriculture practices. CIMMYT helps scale up farmers’ own innovations, and embraces remote sensing, mobile phones and other information technology. These interventions are gender-inclusive, to ensure equitable impacts for all.

Blogs

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

In Kasungu, Malawi, Sarai Mkanasi is leading a farming revolution as climate smart mixed farming transforms livelihoods

Blogs

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Diversifying cover crops and legumes enhances the functionality of agricultural systems by strengthening the soil, reducing pest pressure, and increasing climate resilience

In the media

tag icon Environmental health and biodiversity

Source: Time News ()

Researchers identified rust-resistant genes in traditional wheat, aided by CIMMYT’s biodiversity efforts

Blogs

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe are restoring soil health and building climate resilience through farmer-led trials that integrate organic amendments and conservation agriculture practices

Press releases

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Global Fulcrum™ license spans 20 countries for trait development in maize, wheat, sorghum, millets, pigeon pea, and groundnut

Blogs

tag icon Capacity development

CGIAR is strengthening the link between research and policy by promoting simplified, impactful science communication and strategic engagement with policymakers to drive sustainable, evidence-based agricultural innovation

News

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In Zambia’s Southern Province, the Atubandike initiative is equipping local Digital Champions to bridge digital and social divides within farming communities-fostering trust, challenging exclusionary norms, and paving the way for inclusive, climate-smart agriculture that places every farmer’s voice at the heart of innovation

Blogs

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A new bioinformatics-powered tool developed by CIMMYT is transforming seed purity testing by delivering fast, automated, and scalable genetic verification for dryland crops, empowering breeders and seed systems across Africa

Blogs

tag icon Capacity development

In Bihar, smallholder farmers like Rita Devi are transforming their livelihoods through collective action and innovative farming practices introduced by the Small Farmers Large Fields initiative

Blogs

tag icon Capacity development

Carolina Cortez, agronomist, promotes female leadership in agriculture and transforms the field with innovation and dedication

In the media

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Source: Coalition fo Action 4 Soil Health ()

CIMMYT, as co-leader of the VACS initiative, is driving global efforts to scale soil health solutions by linking science, policy, and climate-resilient agriculture

In the media

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Source: Development and Cooperation (12 May 2025)

Blogs

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

When the worm won’t wait, farmers fight back—with science in the seed and solutions rooted in the soil.

News

tag icon Capacity development

IMIC-Africa Field Day 2025 brought together science, seed innovation, and collaboration across Africa to fast-track resilient, high-yield maize solutions from lab to farm.

Blogs

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Crops to End Hunger is modernizing CGIAR breeding systems to boost impact, speed, and inclusivity—transforming how we breed for tomorrow.