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Three new CIMMYT maize hybrids available from Southern Africa Breeding Program
Environmental health and biodiversityCIMMYT announces three new, improved tropical maize hybrids.
Why we need to go beyond technology
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: Rural 21 (11 Dec 2023)
Sylvanus Odjo and Heike Ostermann highlight systemic scaling up of post-harvest technologies.
Charting a new course in agriculture: NARC-CIMMYT synergy in Nepal
InnovationsNARC and CIMMYT prioritize food security and technology adoption to transform agriculture in Nepal.
Nepal and CIMMYT forge decade-long partnership to advance agricultural science
Capacity developmentSource: Khabarhub (10 Dec 2023)
Nepal and CIMMYT sign 10-year pact to improve agriculture, focusing on improved production and markets.
Viewpoint: Hunger crisis — The number of countries unable to feed their populations has soared 400% since 2000. Here’s why crop biotechnology is a key solution
InnovationsSource: Genetic Literacy Project (11 Dec 2023)
CIMMYT and WorldVeg strengthen collaboration in the midst of the climate crisis to increase their impact
Capacity developmentAgreement builds on successful partnership in southern and eastern Africa.
Early maturity products popular among farmers in Kenya
InnovationsKenyan farmers’ preference for early-maturing seed underscores the importance of sales data for informed breeding decisions.
Wheat DEWAS to expand its wheat pathogen surveillance system project to East Africa, South Asia
Climate adaptation and mitigationSource: Farmers Review Africa (2 Nov 2023)
Millers in Nigeria laud the release to farmers of co-developed, CIMMYT-derived wheat varieties
Climate adaptation and mitigationWheat yield and adaptation demonstrate the power of collaborative research, miller group spokesperson said.
Gov. Little’s Mexico trade mission strengthens trade opportunities for Idaho businesses
InnovationsSource: Office of the Governor (1 Dec 2023)
Scaling up health diet seed kits in Zanzibar
Capacity developmentHealth diet seed kits are enhancing food and nutrition security in Zanzibar.
LIPS-Zimbabwe empowers farmers through innovative intercropping trials
Climate adaptation and mitigationLIPS-Zimbabwe has been at the frontline of introducing innovations to farmers in Mutoko and Buhera by integrating intercropping trials.
EU-funded project refurbishes Gwanda veterinary lab, boosting livestock disease control
Capacity developmentSource: The Free Library (22 Nov 2023)
The LIPS-ZIM program to enhance livestock productivity and control diseases affecting smallholder farmers.
CIMMYT’s Hub Model – a learning field in Mexico for the Indian Scientists
Climate adaptation and mitigationNevada researcher aims to improve sorghum hybrids for dairy cattle feed
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: Nevada Today (20 Nov 2023)
CIMMYT partnering with Melinda Yerka, an associate professor in the Department of Agriculture, Veterinary & Rangeland Sciences and her team to extend the availability of sorghum varieties.