CYMMYT natural resources group: helping today's resource-poor maize and wheat farmers secure tomorrow's harvest

WHAT does the Natural Resources Group {NRG) do”?

The NRG works to boost harvests while reducing the costs of farming-for people and the environment-with a focus on soil, water, and farming systems diversity. To accomplish this, NRG staff identify, test, and promote environmentally-safer ways to increase the productivity of maize and wheat cropping systems. These include practices that slow or reverse environmental degradation, and studies and methods to assess the long-term consequences of technical change in agriculture. The NRG supports and complements efforts of CIMMYT’s Maize, Wheat, and Economics Programs.