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.
How Atubandike’s Content Committee turns farmers’ questions into trusted advice
Capacity development
Farmers in Zambia are shaping agricultural solutions through Atubandike, a digital platform that listens first, turning local voices into actionable, science-based advice for stronger, more resilient livelihoods
FAO Director General visits CIMMYT, reaffirming FAO’s commitment to advancing sustainable agrifood systems transformation
Climate adaptation and mitigation
FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu visited CIMMYT to strengthen collaboration on innovation and sustainable agrifood systems for a more resilient, food-secure future
Empowering farmers through community seed entrepreneurship in Malawi
Capacity development
In Malawi, farmers are becoming seed entrepreneurs through the DARS–AID-I initiative, boosting food security and climate resilience
Delivering seed from breeder to farmer: inclusive digital innovations transforming Nepal’s seed systems
Innovations
DESIS, co-developed by CIMMYT and Nepal’s Seed Quality Control Center, is revolutionizing agriculture through a digital platform that streamlines seed demand and supply, boosts transparency, and ensures farmers access quality seeds faster
The Future is Local: Driving Systems Change and Accelerating Impacts Where It Matters Most
Dryland Crops
CIMMYT’s Modular Impact Accelerator boosts Africa’s dryland seed and grain systems through innovation, local enterprise, and market-driven growth
Agreement between CREA (Italy) and CIMMYT (Mexico): development of wheat varieties that are more productive and resilient to climate change
Climate adaptation and mitigation
CIMMYT and CREA unite to develop innovative, climate-resilient wheat varieties that strengthen global food security and empower sustainable agriculture from Mexico to the Mediterranean
From data to impact: How strategic partnerships and agronomic insights drive smallholder productivity
Capacity development
Strategic partnerships, digital tools, and high-quality agronomic data are transforming smallholder farming in Southern Africa, turning raw information into actionable insights that boost productivity and resilience
CIMMYT and IFPRI launch joint research hub to Strengthen Global Food Security
Innovations
CIMMYT opens Washington, D.C. office at IFPRI
Unlocking Investment and Innovation in Dryland Crops: A Business Forum on Sorghum and Groundnut in Tanzania
Innovations
A Business-to-Business Forum in Tanzania is strengthening seed systems and value chains for sorghum and groundnut by driving investment, innovation, and farmer opportunities
India can spark second Green Revolution with more agri R&D: CIMMYT chief
Innovations
Source: Business Standard ()
CIMMYT’s DG Bram Govaerts says India can drive a second Green Revolution by investing in agricultural research and global partnerships as the farm sector faces new challenges
Brazil’s Top Agricultural Research Leaders Visit CIMMYT to Forge Game-Changing Partnership
Climate adaptation and mitigation
CIMMYT welcomed a high-level delegation from Embrapa (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation), led by Dr. Silvia Maria Fonseca Silveira Massruha, President of Embrapa, alongside representatives from the Brazilian Embassy in Mexico
South Asia Gets Its First Climate Adaptation Atlas for Resilient Agriculture
Climate adaptation and mitigation
CIMMYT-BISA, in collaboration with the national agricultural research systems of the region, launches the Atlas of Climate Adaptation for South Asian Agriculture to explore climate risks and guide resilient futures
Tanveer meets Country Rep CIMMYT to boost wheat yields, food security
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: Associated Press of Pakistan ()
Pakistan’s Minister for National Food Security and Research met with CIMMYT to strengthen collaboration on improved wheat varieties and innovative practices
Additive Intercropping of Groundnut in Sugarcane: A Pathway to Diversification in Western Uttar Pradesh
Climate adaptation and mitigation
CIMMYT and ICAR are transforming sugarcane farming in India with additive intercropping of groundnut and pulses, driving resilience and sustainable growth
Driving a New Era in Breeding: AI-Powered Phenotyping at CIMMYT
Capacity development
CIMMYT is revolutionizing plant breeding with AI-powered phenotyping, using smartphones and machine learning to deliver faster, scalable, and more accurate crop data for dryland staples across Africa
