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Why we show up at climate COPs: Bridging local reality with global ambition
04.11.25-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
By Ma. Eliza J. Villarino, Rhys Bucknall-Williams, Laura Cramer, and Chiara Colombo Every yea…
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Bridging knowledge systems: Indigenous practices for sustainable foodways
21.10.25-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Indigenous peoples’ food systems have existed for millennia: far longer than the industrialised fo…
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Essam Yassin Mohammed, WorldFish Director General, Named to Forbes 2025 Sustainability Leaders List
19.09.25Dr. Essam Yassin Mohammed, has been named to the 2025 Forbes Sustainability Leaders list. Now…
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IITA-CGIAR scientist named one of Africa Food Prize 2025 laureates for breakthrough in cassava and yam seed systems
04.09.25Ibadan, Nigeria – IITA–CGIAR proudly celebrates the recognition of Dr Mercy Diebiru-Ojo as o…
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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
09.07.25-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
CGIAR, the world’s largest agricultural research partnership, has been officially accredited as an…
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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food Systems
29.05.25Photo credit: Calf with trash; Vrindavan, India. Apercoco Since 1974, World Environment Day has mobi…
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Ecological farming a boon for staple crop farmers in Africa, new study finds
20.07.22-
Environmental health & biodiversity
Elufe Chipande, a farmer at Songani in Zomba District, Malawi, is intercropping maize (background) a…
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Essential actions to mitigate the food crisis, stabilize supply and transition to greater agrifood system resilience
18.07.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
Wheat at a CIMMYT field trial. (Photo: H. Hernandez Lira/CIMMYT) As the Russia-Ukraine war continues…
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Cross-center learning between CIMMYT and WorldFish
15.07.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Alison Bentley presents at a joint seminar between CIMMYT and WorldFish. (Photo: Sarah McLaughlin/CI…
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Researchers use storytelling to evaluate women’s agency in agricultural production
12.07.22-
Gender equality
CIMMYT enumerators hold booklets with vignettes before their interaction with family farmers Kiran D…
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Researchers plan transformation of agrifood systems in South Asia
08.07.22-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
Representatives from CIMMYT and ICAR begin planning research for the Transforming Agrifood Systems i…
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Honduras launches AgriLAC Resiliente, a regional initiative to strengthen food systems in the region
01.07.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
AgriLAC Resiliente is a regional CGIAR initiative that seeks to improve the livelihoods of producers…
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CGIAR Plant Health Initiative formally launched on the International Day of Plant Health
30.06.22-
Environmental health & biodiversity
National, regional, and international partners at the CGIAR Plant Health and Rapid Response to Prote…
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AgriLAC Resiliente presented in Guatemala
28.06.22-
Food security
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Mitigation
Representatives from CGIAR leadership, CGIAR Centers, government and other stakeholders stand for a …
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It is time to invest in the future of Afghanistan’s wheat system
22.06.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
A wheat field of Bamyan (Photo credit: Nigel Poole, SOAS University of London) The UN…
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Managing seeds and agricultural losses in the wake of extreme climate events: Lessons from Nepal
21.06.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
As climate change-induced disasters surge around the world, it is the people of the least…
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New CGIAR Initiative on Sustainable Intensification of Mixed Farming Systems Launched
21.06.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
This global research and development effort will help increase the productivity of mixed farming sys…
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Getting to win-win: Can people and nature flourish on an increasingly cultivated planet?
15.06.22-
Environmental health & biodiversity
Our planet is facing a massive biodiversity crisis. Deeply entwined with our concurrent climate cris…
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CIMMYT and CGIAR senior leaders share vision ahead
15.06.22(Left to right) Bram Govaerts, Claudia Sadoff, Joaquín Lozano and Kevin Pixley stand for a…
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Researchers in East Africa add the Enterprise Breeding System to their work tools
08.06.22-
Big data
Kate Dreher, Data Manager at CIMMYT, presents to scientists, technicians, data management and suppor…
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NASDA representatives visit CIMMYT
03.06.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
Ted McKinney (left) listens to a technician explaining the use of an alvograph. (Photo: Francisco…
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Diagram links physiological traits of wheat for yield potential
25.05.22-
Environmental health & biodiversity
A generalized wiring diagram for wheat, as proposed by the authors. The diagram depicts the…
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Wheat versus heat
20.05.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
Wheat leaves showing symptoms of heat stress. (Photo: CIMMYT) Across South Asia, including major whe…
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MARPLE reaches South Asia
12.05.22-
Big data
Workshop participants stand for a group photo. (Photo: Danny Ward/John Innes Centre) On April 26–2…
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