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Building a sustainable hybrid seed market system in Nepal to enhance food security and farmers’ profitability: transforming the seed sector through local capacity development

CIMMYT and partners are transforming Nepal’s maize seed sector through local hybrid seed production, capacity building, and inclusive rural development
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Tips for diversifying crops and improving the functionality of agricultural systems

Diversifying cover crops and legumes enhances the functionality of agricultural systems by strengthening the soil, reducing pest pressure, and increasing climate resilience
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Can organic fertilizers rebuild Zimbabwe’s fragile soils?

Smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe are restoring soil health and building climate resilience through farmer-led trials that integrate organic amendments and conservation agriculture practices
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Retraining Trialists: Enhancing Capacity for Quality Data Collection

A nationwide training led by ZARI with CIMMYT support strengthened the skills of trialists in data collection, DNA sampling, and quality control to enhance research quality and crop improvement for dryland agriculture in Zambia
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Pairwise Licenses Gene Editing Tools to CIMMYT to Fast-Track Smallholder Farming Systems’ Transformation

Global Fulcrum™ license spans 20 countries for trait development in maize, wheat, sorghum, millets, pigeon pea, and groundnut
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CIMMYT around the world

With projects in 88 countries, CIMMYT collaborates with hundreds of partners and is part of the global network of CGIAR Research Centers, delivering science for a food and nutrition secure future.

88 Countries where we have presence*
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  • Afghanistan
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  • Eswatini
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  • Ghana
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  • Iran**
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  • Japan
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  • Switzerland
  • Syria
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