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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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Combatting maize lethal necrosis in Zimbabwe
08.01.24-
Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Maize is a staple crop in Zimbabwe, playing a vital role in the country’s agricultural…
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Sowing seeds of change: CIMMYT leads crop diversification efforts in South Asia
04.01.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Rapid urbanization, globalization, economic development, technological advancement, and changing agr…
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Delivering the best seeds to farmers in Zambia
03.01.24-
Environmental health & biodiversity
To bring together farmers with seed distributors and other stakeholders, the Accelerated Inno…
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Discovering the potential of multispectral UAV and satellite sensors in detecting wheat rust in Ethiopia
08.12.23-
Big data
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Latest advances in sensor technology and data processing allow early detection, mapping and monitori…
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While you were sleeping: increasing nighttime temperatures and their effects on plant productivity
04.12.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
When one thinks of heat waves, the natural tendency is to consider high daytime…
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Scaling up health diet seed kits in Zanzibar
29.11.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
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Social inclusion
Many people on the islands of Zanzibar face food security and nutritional challenges. The Southern…
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Celebrating collaboration in science
10.11.23-
Food security
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Youth
On the evening of October 31, 2023, CIMMYT held a partnership and alumni event with…
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Integrating gender into crop breeding
07.11.23-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The Seed Production Technology for Africa (SPTA) project, led by CIMMYT, has been selected…
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CIMMYT researcher receives Heroes Award
02.11.23-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Nutrition, health & food security
Maria Itria Ibba, a scientist at CIMMYT, received the inaugural Heroes Award from the…
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Sorghum seed sales profit and empower rural women in Tanzania
27.10.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
After years of struggles, a group of women farmers in a remote rural area…
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CIMMYT makes progress on some of the world’s top problems: 2022 Annual Report, “Harvesting Success”
18.10.23CIMMYT targets some of the world’s most pressing problems: ending poverty, ensuring food fo…
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India transforms wheat for the world
16.10.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
India can applaud a hallmark in national food production: in 2023, the harvest of…
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CGIAR Farmer Field Days: Transforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia (TAFSSA)
14.10.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Nutrition
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The CGIAR Transforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia (TAFSSA) initiative has been working intensive…
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CIMMYT takes part in the 113th edition of the Zimbabwe Agricultural Show
21.09.23-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
CIMMYT scientists, researchers and subject experts participated in the Zimbabwe Agricultural Show (Z…
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Conservation agriculture helps smallholder farmers to be more resource efficient
15.09.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Millions of rural Indians, mostly farmers, are at the mercy of changing weather and climate…
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The Scaling Scan — launch of 3rd edition
12.09.23-
Big data
How many times have we seen innovative ideas launched into the marketplace, seeming to offer…
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Catalyzing smallholder farming in Mexico
01.09.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
Scientists from CIMMYT, founded in Mexico in 1966, have pursued decades of participatory research wi…
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Women leaders in science: reaching out to break through
28.08.23-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Social inclusion
On August 15, 2023, CIMMYT organized the third series of the Catalysts of Change: Women…
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