CIMMYT posted a photo: A farmer’s field in Malawi under conservation agriculture (CA), showing rotation of maize and groundnut (visible in adjacent plots) and the retention of crop residues. The farmer, Mr Chipeni, began employing CA practices se…
CIMMYT posted a photo: Daimoniz Miondo is one of 800 farmers in Chipeni, Mvera Extension Planning Area, Dowa District, Malawi, who have adopted conservation agriculture in recent years. “I’m harvesting between 30 and 40 bags of maize now per acre, …
On 14 May 2012, at Tikathali, Changathali Village Development Committee Centre (VDC) in Lalitpur, around 30 participants from MoA, NARC, seed companies, and CIMMYT were joined by 61 farmers (43 female, 18 male) and several graduate students and technic…
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) seeks a Policy Economist to join our international team of scientists working on improving the livelihoods of maize and wheat farmers in the developing world. The Policy Economist will work …
On 29 April, CIMMYT had a double reason to celebrate, picking up the award for “Best gender paper” and “Best science paper” (along with Bioversity), at the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) Science …
