Innovation with a Gender Perspective: Women Leading Agricultural Resilience
To mark of International Women’s Day, the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT highlights the work of women crop breeders and agronomists who lead and advance agricultural research and development. Their work is essential to addressing current food security challenges and advancing toward more resilient and sustainable production systems.
- food security
- climate change
Innovation with a Gender Perspective: Women Leading Agricultural Resilience
To mark of International Women’s Day, the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT highlights the work of women crop breeders and agronomists who lead and advance agricultural research and development. Their work is essential to addressing current food security challenges and advancing toward more resilient and sustainable production systems.
Climate change is already showing its impact in farmers’ fields, affecting yields, crop quality, and producers’ economic stability. Higher temperatures, irregular rainfall, and new pests are transforming the way food is produced around the world.
In this context, plant breeding is not only a scientific discipline: it is a strategy for resilience. At the Alliance, genetic improvement teams work to ensure that crops remain productive, nutritious, and adaptable in increasingly uncertain environments. Breeding enables the use of genetic diversity to develop varieties that tolerate drought, heat, diseases, and degraded soils—without compromising nutritional quality or market potential.