News
Featured news
-
Agricultural Research Unties the Gordian Knot
04.01.21-
Nutrition
-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Agricultural research and innovation to transform our food system is the only way to cut…
Read more -
-
How Africa can Lead the World in the COVID-19 Recovery
18.12.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Africa, compared to Asia, Europe and the US, has largely escaped the devastating death toll…
Read more -
-
Good Nutrition is Crucial for the Coronavirus Vaccine to Work Effectively
26.11.20-
Nutrition
-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Vaccines are harder to deliver and potentially less effective at stimulating an immune response in…
Read more -
-
New Study: CGIAR Innovations Reach Nearly 80 Percent of Ethiopia’s Rural Households
09.11.20An independent study published last month has documented the extensive reach of CGIAR-related agricu…
Read more -
How to ensure access to healthy diets for all: a clarion call for One CGIAR
30.10.20-
Nutrition
Guest blog by Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) At …
Read more -
-
Are Food Systems ‘Broken’ – or Just Out of Sync?
16.10.20Our food systems are not broken; they are out of sync with what we need…
Read more
Filters
-
Fast-tracked adoption of second-generation resistant maize varieties key to managing maize lethal necrosis in Africa
19.01.21-
Genomics
Scientists are calling for accelerated adoption of new hybrid maize varieties with resistance to mai…
Read more -
-
Four ways One CGIAR breeding programs can walk the talk on innovation
11.01.21-
Genomics
-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
By Hugo Campos and Michael Quinn In the face of accelerated climate change, COVID-19 and…
Read more -
-
Announcing CIMMYT-derived fall armyworm tolerant elite maize hybrids for eastern and southern Africa
23.12.20-
Genomics
-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is pleased to announce the successful …
Read more -
-
Genomics-assisted breeding delivers high-yielding, wilt resistant chickpea for commercial cultivation in central India
18.12.20-
Genomics
-
Nutrition
A high-yielding and wilt resistant variety with a yield potential double to that of existing…
Read more -
-
10 Lessons from WHEAT in 2020
16.12.20-
Genomics
-
Nutrition
The past year has been full of challenges but also full of insights. We invite…
Read more -
-
“Let there be food to eat”
09.12.20-
Genomics
-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
“We want to feed the people, we don’t want them to go hungry. We have…
Read more -
-
National breeding programs prepped to measure – and boost – genetic gains
08.12.20-
Genomics
-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
By adopting best practices and established modern tools, NARS (national agricultural research system…
Read more -
-
Molecular breeding speeds development of better seeds
27.11.20-
Genomics
-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
To adequately confront rapidly changing plant pests and diseases and safeguard food security for a…
Read more -
-
Landmark study generates genomic atlas for global wheat improvement
25.11.20-
Genomics
In a landmark discovery for global wheat production, an international team led by the University…
Read more -
-
Press release: Landmark study generates genomic atlas for global wheat improvement
25.11.20-
Climate
-
Genomics
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Canada), November 25, 2020. In a landmark discovery for global wheat produc…
Read more -
-
Progress and opportunities for CIMMYT spring wheat breeding
25.11.20-
Genomics
Wheat scientists in the Accelerating Genetic Gains in Maize and Wheat for Improved Livelihoods (AGG)…
Read more -
-
Here's how to embed continuous improvement in your work
23.11.20-
Genomics
-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Crop breeding programs are setting an example for how to examine and improve their work – while…
Read more -
-
What are the best practices for modern breeding? CGIAR-EiB coalition shares excellence, innovations, opportunities
19.11.20-
Genomics
-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Through “sharing excellence” across programs and geographies, crop breeders are ready to deliver…
Read more -
-
Faster results at a lower cost
19.11.20-
Climate
-
Genomics
The current COVID-19 pandemic — and associated measures to reduce its spread — is projected…
Read more -
-
How can I optimize my breeding scheme?
04.11.20-
Genomics
-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
New series of manuals developed by EiB is a practical guide to designing crossing, evaluation…
Read more -
-
CIMMYT releases its first ever maize genetic resource lines
26.10.20-
Genomics
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is pleased to announce the release o…
Read more -
-
Webinar reveals approaches for breeders to save time and money, cut waste – and deliver for clients
22.10.20-
Genomics
-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
How can breeders and other researcher programs continually improve their processes and products? An…
Read more -
-
ICRISAT among 11 global ‘Hubs’ to accelerate the use of natural genetic diversity to advance crop improvement
16.10.20-
Genomics
-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Using chickpea as the case species, one of the proposed 11 hubs of DivSeek International…
Read more -