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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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Molecular breeding speeds development of better seeds
27.11.20-
Food security
To adequately confront rapidly changing plant pests and diseases and safeguard food security for a…
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Q&A: CGIAR investment has generated returns of 10 times the amount invested
26.11.20-
Food security
Working with national agricultural research centers (NARS), CGIAR centers, including the Internation…
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Breaking Ground: Rahel Assefa thrives off witnessing impact
26.11.20Rahel Assefa works as a project manager and as the regional program manager for CIMMYT’s…
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Landmark study generates genomic atlas for global wheat improvement
25.11.20In a landmark discovery for global wheat production, an international team led by the University…
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Press release: Landmark study generates genomic atlas for global wheat improvement
25.11.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Canada), November 25, 2020. In a landmark discovery for global wheat produc…
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Progress and opportunities for CIMMYT spring wheat breeding
25.11.20Wheat scientists in the Accelerating Genetic Gains in Maize and Wheat for Improved Livelihoods (AGG)…
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“CIMMYT is at my heart”
24.11.20After a 37-year career, Hans-Joachim Braun is retiring from the International Maize and Wheat Improv…
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An instant seed market
20.11.20-
Food security
How do you create the largest market for stress-tolerant seed away from a major business…
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Taking stock of the national toolbox
19.11.20-
Environmental health
The Government of Ethiopia has consistently prioritized agriculture and sees it as a core component…
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Faster results at a lower cost
19.11.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
The current COVID-19 pandemic — and associated measures to reduce its spread — is projected…
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Celebrating International Whole Grain Day 2020
19.11.20-
Nutrition
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is proud to partner with the Whole…
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Saving water and time
13.11.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
“I wonder why I never considered using drip irrigation for all these years,” says Michael…
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Farmers flock towards nutritious, orange maize
06.11.20-
Nutrition
At seed fair in Masvingo District, Zimbabwe, farmers browse numerous displays of maize, sorghum, mil…
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A catastrophe avoided
05.11.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen. So goes the old…
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What can the last 30 years of research tell us?
04.11.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Global climate change represents an existential threat to many of the world’s most vulnerable farm…
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Digital revolution can transform agri-food systems
04.11.20-
Big data
A digital transformation is changing the face of international research for development and agri-foo…
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Crop Modeling community of practice
30.10.20-
Big data
The Community of Practice on Crop Modeling is part of the CGIAR Platform for Big…
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Breaking Ground: Andrea Gardeazábal transforms data into meaningful information
29.10.20-
Big data
Andrea Gardeazábal has many titles — Monitor, Evaluation and Learning Manager, ICT for Agricultur…
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