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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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Positive impacts from 6 CGIAR Centers coming together to implement a range of climate-smart on-farm technologies
25.10.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality
A package of climate-smart technologies implemented by a consortium of CGIAR centers has resulted in…
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It’s time to change the system, not just the technology
23.10.19-
Food security
Society faces enormous challenges in the transition to sustainable rural development. We are unlikel…
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Blue maize is all the rage, but are consumers willing to pay?
17.10.19-
Nutrition
Step into supermarkets or restaurants in Mexico City and surrounding towns and you might see…
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Official Launch of CGIAR’s “Crops to End Hunger” Initiative at Borlaug Dialogue
17.10.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
CGIAR announced its new global initiative, Crops to End Hunger, this week at the World…
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The cereals imperative of future food systems
15.10.19-
Environmental health
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Health
Pioneering research on our three most important cereal grains — maize, rice, and wheat —…
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A fresh look at the genes behind grain weight in spring bread wheat
09.10.19To meet the demand for wheat from a rising and quickly urbanizing population, wheat yields…
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Mexico City to host Interdrought 2020
08.10.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Droughts affect crop production across the world. A central challenge for researchers and policymake…
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Scientists propose a low-cost, reliable system to measure soil organic carbon
26.09.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
New research by an international team of scientists, including International Maize and Wheat Improve…
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UN-sponsored report acknowledges CIMMYT’s use of data and technologies to promote sustainable farming in Latin America
24.09.19-
Big data
CIMMYT’s projects in Latin America feature in a new report that aims to help countries…
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Large-scale genomics will improve the yield, climate-resilience, and quality of bread wheat, new study shows
23.09.19Using the full wheat genome map published in 2018, combined with data from field testing…
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Climate smart agriculture: a winning strategy for farming families in El Niño seasons
20.09.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Approaching the homestead of Joseph Maravire and his wife, Reason, on a warm late August…
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Smallholder farmers’ multi-front strategy combats rapidly evolving wheat rust in Ethiopia
18.09.19-
Food security
New research shows that smallholder farmers in Ethiopia used various coping mechanisms apart from …
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Back from the brink of extinction
13.09.19-
Biodiversity
Long-term efforts to restore and conserve a collection of Israeli and Palestinian wheat landraces (I…
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Embracing change: How family farmers can face the future
09.09.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
This year opens the Decade of Family Farming (#FamilyFarmingDecade), which aims to improve the lif…
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Genome editing, gene drives, and synthetic biology: Will they contribute to disease-resistant crops, and who will benefit?
03.09.19Ensuring the access of small-scale farmers to products and potential benefits from genetic engineeri…
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African leaders rely on science and technology to improve food security
28.08.19Rural areas in Africa are facing unprecedented challenges. From high levels of rural-urban migration…
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Breaking Ground: Anani Bruce guards Africa’s maize harvest from insect pests
21.08.19Anani Bruce, maize entomologist at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) sin…
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Using the MARPLE kit to diagnose wheat rust in Ethiopia
12.08.19-
Food security
MARPLE (Mobile and Real-time PLant disEase) Diagnostics is a revolutionary mobile lab developed by a…
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