The agriculture for development sector must begin ânourishingâ families with nutrition-sensitive interventions instead of focusing on âfeeding,â says Lindiwe Majele Sibanda.
MEXICO CITY (CIMMYT) â The agriculture for development sector must begin ânourishingâ families with nutrition-sensitive interventions instead of focusing on âfeeding,â said a leading food security expert at a conference in Mexico City hosted by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), which is celebrating its 50thanniversary. âWeâve spent a lot of time in […]
CIMMYT joined 1,700 delegates from around the globe who participated in the sixth African Green Revolution Forum.
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Encourage youth willing to become âhunger fightersâ to take up the challenges of farming despite erratic weather caused by climate change, drought, dwindling water supplies and nutrient-depleted soil.
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Since 2004, conservation agriculture has helped farmers in southern Africa maintain and boost yields, protect the environment and increase profits.
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Cornell University’s Linda McCandless describes some of the agricultural challenges Nepalese farmers face after the devastating 2015 earthquake
Maricelis Acevedo, newly appointed associate director for science for the Delivering Genetic Gain in Wheat project left her island home of Puerto Rico in 2003 to pursue a career as a pathologist and has been traveling the world ever since.
Locally adapted marketing initiatives are successfully converting farmers to the high-performing, drought-tolerant maize variety Lubango in Tanzania.
Before climate change became a hot topic, the U.N. Development Programme provided funding for a team of scientists in Mexico to find a better way to breed resilient maize for farmers in drought-prone tropical areas.
For gender specialist Mulunesh Tsegaye participatory approaches are the best way of ensuring agricultural development projects are responsive to gender dynamics.
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