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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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CIMMYT announces new Director General ad interim
16.07.21Today the Board of Trustees of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) announc…
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Waging war against the fall armyworm
07.07.21-
Food security
The fall armyworm is an invasive pest that eats more than 80 different crops, but…
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Annual Report 2020 launched
06.07.21We began 2020 with grim news of the COVID-19 pandemic spreading from country to country,…
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Capturing a clearer picture
01.07.21-
Gender equality
A new guidance note shines a brighter light on the role of women in wheat-based…
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From science to impact: a chat with women scientists at CIMMYT
25.06.21-
Gender equality
At the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), staff are one of our most…
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Bangladesh could largely reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture while increasing efficiency in production
23.06.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
A number of readily-available farming methods could allow Bangladesh’s agriculture sector to decre…
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Adult plant resistance (APR): the strategy to beat persistent pathogens
18.06.21The three rust diseases, yellow (stripe) rust, black (stem) rust, and brown (left) rust occur…
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Hybrid seed production and marketing advances
18.06.21-
Food security
“My goal is to produce and sell 200 metric tons of hybrid maize by 2025,”…
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Hands-on experience in seed production
15.06.21Recently, a group of 40 postgraduate students from Nepal’s Agriculture and Forestry University (AF…
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New integrated methodology supports inclusive and resilient global food systems transformation
05.06.21-
Food security
The new methodology developed by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in co…
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Mapping the way to lower nitrous oxide emissions
26.05.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Like many issues besetting contemporary agri-food systems, the question of nitrogen use appears to y…
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A view from above
25.05.21-
Big data
Scientists at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) have been harnessing the…
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Buying into new seed
24.05.21-
Food security
The goal of the out-of-stock study is to improve an understanding of how farmers make…
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Four questions with CIMMYT’s Maize Genebank Curator
22.05.21-
Biodiversity
Seeds are a cornerstone of food security. That is why the maize and wheat genebanks…
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A conservation conversation
21.05.21-
Biodiversity
Germplasm banks around the world are protectors of genetic diversity, altogether preserving roughly …
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Digitization equipment set to accelerate Kenya’s breeding programs
04.05.21Last month, the CGIAR Excellence in Breeding (EiB) platform handed over digitization equipment to th…
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CIMMYT and John Innes Centre announce strategic collaboration on wheat research
29.04.21The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and the John Innes Centre (JIC) have…
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New project to recharge aquifers and cut water use in agriculture by 30 percent
23.04.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) announced a new three-year public–pr…
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