September 8, 2020

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Reaching women with improved maize and wheat - The new AGG project aims to respond to the climate emergency and gender nexus through gender-intentional product profiles for its improved seed varieties and gender-intentional seed delivery pathways

September 7, 2020

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CGIAR Centers join efforts to launch an Agronomy Research and Innovation initiative to support agricultural productivity growth in the global South

August 27, 2020

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Unique partnership to transform maize breeding and production in Africa - Stakeholders take stock of ongoing work to bring farmers superior hybrids using two novel technologies

August 21, 2020

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Erick Ortiz Hernández innovates regional solutions for greater impact - The manager of one of CIMMYT’s innovation nodes in Mexico works on the implementation of sustainable actions and strategies that integrate science to generate impact

August 20, 2020

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Lessons for gender in seed systems - Workshop participants exchange ideas on expanding opportunities for women in the seed sector

August 19, 2020

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The missing link between maize seeds and trust - Scientists assess the use of blockchain technology to track the impact of biofortified seeds

August 18, 2020

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The future of agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa

August 7, 2020

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Alison Bentley to be CIMMYT's new Global Wheat Program director - She will bring to CIMMYT many years of experience in wheat genetics, wheat genetic resources and wheat pre-breeding

July 31, 2020

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Historic wheat research station poised to host cutting-edge research - CIMMYT’s historic Toluca station will host a new rapid generation advancement and speed breeding facility to accelerate genetic gains in wheat

Work to develop high yielding Striga tolerant maize seed is bearing fruit - An early indication of parental lines with potential to tolerate or resist Striga, is showing “light at the end of the tunnel” for farmers battling the nutrient-sucking monster

July 30, 2020

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CIMMYT Senior Scientist Sudha Nair helps bridge the gap between maize breeding and genetics, applies genomics in maize breeding to achieve higher genetic gains

July 29, 2020

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“Better, faster, equitable, sustainable” – wheat research community partners join to kick off new breeding project - Collaboration, partnership and mutual learning with national partners key focus of new project to accelerate breeding and delivery of improved wheat varieties

New project to ramp up genetic gains in maize for better livelihoods

July 24, 2020

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New genetic analysis advances the global quest for yellow rust resistant wheat
Nuevo análisis genético global avanza el desarrollo de trigo resistente a la roya amarilla

July 2, 2020

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CIMMYT publishes Annual Report 2019 - CIMMYT’s work may begin with seeds, but our innovations support farmers at all stages of the value chain.

International program ushers in a new era of maize farming in Pakistan - Agricultural Innovation Program (AIP) comes to a close but its impact lives on

June 29, 2020

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Multi-disciplinary approaches to crop improvement for faster climate change adaptation - A strategic research framework for crop improvement integrates genomics, systems biology, physiology and crop modelling approaches.

June 26, 2020

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Breaking Ground: Lennart Woltering is a catalyst for achieving sustainable impact at scale - CIMMYT Scaling Advisor emphasizes importance of context and systemic thinking in how we do our research and implement projects

June 17, 2020

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Reaping the benefits of innovation - Service provider harvest model could create opportunities for young African entrepreneurs while reducing carbon emissions

Ethiopia - Farmers diversify crops in their fields and food on their plates

Small but mighty - The introduction of mung bean has transformed rice-wheat food systems in Nepal and has been one of the major successes of the Agronomy and Seed Scaling project

June 10, 2020

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Interdrought 2020 congress proceedings now online - Presentations, abstracts and posters of major conference about agricultural production in water-limited environments are available for free

June 5, 2020

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The many colors of maize, the material of life - The use of corn husk as veneer has helped a town to preserve maize biodiversity, protect the environment and reduce migration

June 3, 2020

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Farm mechanization under COVID-19 - As the current pandemic and restrictions create labor constraints, CIMMYT experts discuss the role scale-appropriate farm machinery can play in addressing them

May 29, 2020

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Stripe rust hits wheat crop in Nepal

Yoseph Beyene breeds desirable maize varieties for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa - CIMMYT breeder applies new tools and technologies to accelerate genetic gains, make breeding more efficient, and keep up with the changing dynamics of biotic and abiotic stresses

Battling devastating viral diseases, also in plants - Maize lethal necrosis has taught us that intensive efforts to keep human and plant diseases at bay need to continue beyond the COVID-19 crisis

May 27, 2020

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CIMMYT for Mexico in times of a global pandemic - CIMMYT representatives discuss the impact of the pandemic on Mexico and why CIMMYT works towards more resilient agri-food systems with healthier and more prosperous people

May 22, 2020

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Preserving the legacy of biodiversity - Maize and wheat seeds from all over the world are preserved at the CIMMYT genebank, used to bring new varieties to farmers, and backed up at the Global Seed Vault

Scaling up research for development in CGIAR - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) incorporates CIMMYT tool into their scaling framework and recommends that other CGIAR centers do the same