Poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs
Harnessing maize biodiversity for food security, improved livelihoods in Africa
Capacity development
Diverse, stress tolerant maize varieties are benefiting smallholders throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
Farmer livelihoods at risk as wheat blast disease emerges in Bangladesh
Nutrition, health and food security
International scientists are on high alert as they develop tactics to fight wheat blast in Bangladesh, which is affecting a large portion of the country’s wheat growing area.
Rebuilding livelihoods: CIMMYT helps Nepalese farmers recover from earthquake
Nutrition, health and food security
USAID-Nepal has provided US$1 million to the CIMMYT-led Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia in Nepal (CSISA-NP) for earthquake relief and recovery.
Rebuilding livelihoods: CIMMYT supports agricultural recovery in Nepal
Climate adaptation and mitigation
The gola: storing maize to improve livelihoods in Chuadanga, Bangladesh
Innovations
Farmers in Chuadanga District of Bangladesh have been using a unique local method to store their maize: the gola.
CIMMYT Intensifies Efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa with Livelihoods Program
Poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs
Improved Maize for African Soils: better harvests and livelihoods
Poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs