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Ismahane Elouafi on TIME100 list of the most influential people in the world
CGIAR16.04.25CGIAR is delighted to announce that CGIAR Executive Managing Director, Ismahane Elouafi has been nam…
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Harvesting Collaboration for Food Security. CGIAR Science Week Closes.
CGIAR14.04.2511th April, Nairobi, Kenya: After a remarkable week of science, innovation, and cementing of partner…
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MEDIA RELEASE | New CGIAR flagship report translates insights into impact for food systems in crisis
CGIAR14.04.25Nairobi, Kenya, 14 April 2025 – With food systems under strain from climate change, conflict,…
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Science Week Opens: A Leap Forward in Science Collaboration for Food Security
CGIAR08.04.257th April, Nairobi, Kenya: Science Week was launched today by Special Guest H.E. Musalia Mudavadi,…
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Science Week 2025 is Now
CGIAR07.04.25The inaugural CGIAR Science Week gets underway in Nairobi, Kenya. From 7 to 12 April,…
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What are kids watching online? How digital food marketing shapes children’s and adolescents’ diets
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)03.04.25By Gabriela Fretes and Jef L. Leroy April 3, 2025 What do children and teens see when they…
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Discovering the potential of multispectral UAV and satellite sensors in detecting wheat rust in Ethiopia
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)08.12.23-
Big data
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Latest advances in sensor technology and data processing allow early detection, mapping and monitori…
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While you were sleeping: increasing nighttime temperatures and their effects on plant productivity
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)04.12.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
When one thinks of heat waves, the natural tendency is to consider high daytime…
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Scaling up health diet seed kits in Zanzibar
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)29.11.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
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Social inclusion
Many people on the islands of Zanzibar face food security and nutritional challenges. The Southern…
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Celebrating collaboration in science
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)10.11.23-
Food security
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Youth
On the evening of October 31, 2023, CIMMYT held a partnership and alumni event with…
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Integrating gender into crop breeding
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)07.11.23-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The Seed Production Technology for Africa (SPTA) project, led by CIMMYT, has been selected…
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CIMMYT researcher receives Heroes Award
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)02.11.23-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Nutrition, health & food security
Maria Itria Ibba, a scientist at CIMMYT, received the inaugural Heroes Award from the…
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Sorghum seed sales profit and empower rural women in Tanzania
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)27.10.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
After years of struggles, a group of women farmers in a remote rural area…
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CIMMYT makes progress on some of the world’s top problems: 2022 Annual Report, “Harvesting Success”
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)18.10.23CIMMYT targets some of the world’s most pressing problems: ending poverty, ensuring food fo…
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India transforms wheat for the world
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)16.10.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
India can applaud a hallmark in national food production: in 2023, the harvest of…
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CGIAR Farmer Field Days: Transforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia (TAFSSA)
CGIAR Initiative on Transforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia14.10.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Nutrition
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The CGIAR Transforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia (TAFSSA) initiative has been working intensive…
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CIMMYT takes part in the 113th edition of the Zimbabwe Agricultural Show
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)21.09.23-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
CIMMYT scientists, researchers and subject experts participated in the Zimbabwe Agricultural Show (Z…
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Conservation agriculture helps smallholder farmers to be more resource efficient
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)15.09.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Millions of rural Indians, mostly farmers, are at the mercy of changing weather and climate…
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The Scaling Scan — launch of 3rd edition
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)12.09.23-
Big data
How many times have we seen innovative ideas launched into the marketplace, seeming to offer…
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Catalyzing smallholder farming in Mexico
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)01.09.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
Scientists from CIMMYT, founded in Mexico in 1966, have pursued decades of participatory research wi…
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Women leaders in science: reaching out to break through
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)28.08.23-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Social inclusion
On August 15, 2023, CIMMYT organized the third series of the Catalysts of Change: Women…
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Smallholder Mexican farmers adopt resource-conserving innovations: slowly and in bits
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)26.08.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
Small-scale farmers in Mexico often adopt conservation agriculture innovations gradually and pieceme…
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A Mexican farm research program gains praise and interest for use abroad
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)24.08.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
Leveraging the leadership, science, and partnerships of the Mexico-based CIMMYT and the funding and …
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CIMMYT releases 32 new elite maize lines
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)10.08.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
CIMMYT is pleased to announce the release of a set of 32 new CIMMYT maize…
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