Another food crisis to hit the world?
27 March 2022, EU: The impacts of the Ukraine crisis are likely to reverberate over months, if not years, to
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Being the change you wanted to see as a young girl
13 March 2022, India: In the traditional Indian society Madhulika Singh grew up in, girls choosing to study science, technology, engineering or
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Supporting the growth of local maize seed industries: Lessons from Mexico
11 March 2022, Mexico: Over the past several decades, maize breeders have made considerable strides in the development and deployment of
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Crisis in Ukraine underscores the need for long-term solutions for global food security
01 March 2022, Ukraine: When wheat prices rise, so do global food prices, along with conflict, inequality and instability. Over
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CIMMYT scientist receives award for weed research
23 February 2022, Canada: Today the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) announced the Honorary Member award for Ram Kanwar Malik, senior
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Plant breeding innovations
11 February 2022, Mexico: What is plant breeding? – Emerging in the last 120 years, science-based plant breeding begins by creating
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New direction in research for advancing gender-responsive maize breeding
11 February 2022, India: New improved maize varieties may fall short in meeting the needs of women and the poorest of
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New publications: Genome-wide breeding to curtail wheat blast
28 January 2022, Bangladesh: A recent publication in the journal Frontiers of Plant Science provides results of the first-ever study to test genomic selection in
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Wheat titan honored posthumously by India
27 January 2022, India: India has conferred posthumously upon Sanjaya Rajaram, 2014 World Food Prize laureate and former wheat breeder and Director of the
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Climate change slows wheat breeding progress for yield and wide adaptation, new study finds
22 January 2022, Mexico: Nearly four decades of repeated crossing and selection for heat and drought tolerance have greatly improved the climate
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