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Championing Global Cooperation to Crack Global Challenges
Nutrition, health and food security
Source: China Today (19 Sep 2023)
Former CIMMYT’s director general (2008-2016), Dr. Thomas A. Lumpkin, talks about climate change, international cooperation and the future of food security.
The world must act to avert a climate-induced food shortage, cautions Cary Fowler. CIMMYT has a strategy to strengthen agrifood systems.
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Cary Fowler, U.S. special envoy for food security, warns of dire consequences if the international community fails to act to mitigate climate change impacts on agrifood systems. The CIMMYT 2030 Strategy holds the approach to respond and mitigate some of the worst effects of this looming crisis.
Conservation agriculture helps smallholder farmers to be more resource efficient
Capacity development
A village in the Indian state of Bihar boasts 100% zero-till technology adoption, helping improve agriculture production and climate change mitigation.
Realizing the Potential of Neglected Crops in Latin America
Environmental health and biodiversity
CIMMYT highlights the value of neglected crops in Latin America through new methodologies and initiatives.
Agroecology alliance calls for more food at less cost to nature in Congo Basin
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: Mongabay (28 Aug 2023)
CIMMYT research, Prasanna Boddupalli, emphasise the importance of reorienting food production systems and agricultural policy across the Congo Basin.
Smallholder Mexican farmers adopt resource-conserving innovations: slowly and in bits
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Supporting a gradual, step-wise adoption of conservation agriculture — along with livestock and residue management, use of new crops and improved varieties, and appropriate mechanization — appears promising.
A Mexican farm research program gains praise and interest for use abroad
Climate adaptation and mitigation
The Mexican government-supported research-for-rural development initiative MasAgro has raised maize and wheat yields and farm profitability while mitigating farmers’ risk and agriculture’s ecological and climate impacts.
A new Climate Adaptation Atlas to safeguard South Asian agriculture
Climate adaptation and mitigation
How to add value in baking by blending wheat, millet
Innovations
Source: The Star (19 Jul 2023)
Adding value to millets can be achieved through various ways, such as incorporating them into baking.
Brazil moves towards wheat self-sufficiency and seeks expansion in the global market
Capacity development
Source: Brazilian Farmers (21 Jul 2023)
Brazil, which ranks among the top wheat importers, is on track to achieve self-sufficiency in wheat production with the succesful implementation of wheat strains from the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT).
Pakistan can be self-sufficient in wheat, says agency
Capacity development
Source: Dawn ()
CIMMYT efforts are moving Pakistan closer to its goal of improving food and nutrition security through wheat production, with the release of 31 wheat varieties since 2021.
Three sisters and 120 sweet potatoes: Mexican farmers embrace Maya traditions
Environmental health and biodiversity
Source: The Guardian (10 Jul 2023)
MaĂz Criollo Kantunil, a group of farmers and agro-ecologists, has successfully reintroduced three varieties of native maize using seeds supplied by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT).Â
Hot, dry, windy events on the rise in Kansas wheat fields
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: Succesful Farming (11 Jul 2023)
To dive into the challenges posed by climate change, researchers at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, in Sonora, Mexico, are working to develop a range of wheat that can withstand extreme and unpredictable weather conditions.
