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Conference Proceedings
Regional dialogue on conservation agriculture on South Asia: proceedings and recommendations
(CIMMYT; APAARI; ICAR, 2011)
South Asia accounts for less than 2% of the world’s total land area and 14 % of the global agricultural land. However, about 94% of the agriculturally suitable area is already under cultivation with almost no scope for ...
Book
Cereals in China
(CIMMYT, 2010)
China, which has a very long history, abounds in agrarian testimonies from Neolithic times. As the sinologist Joseph Needham once wrote, “the fundamental occupation, the root pen and the basis of the nation’s wealth and ...
Annual Report
CIMMYT Annual Report 2010-2011: Acute awareness bold action to energize agriculture
(CIMMYT, 2012)
For lots of people, 2011 will be remembered as the year famine re-emerged. In the Horn of Africa, 13 million persons—many of whom lived from farming and herding—had their lives irrevocably changed by the worst drought in ...
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Brochure
Responding to climate change: fact Sheet
(CIMMYT, 2017)
Over 90% of work at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) relates to climate change, with breeding for drought tolerance stretching back to the 1970s. Climate change is already happening. Without ...
Presentation
Book
The birth of CIMMYT: pioneering the idea and ideals of international agricultural research
(CIMMYT, 2016)
The birth of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in Mexico was an experiment in applying the idea of international agricultural research for development and the ideals for designing international ...
Book
Biophysical and socio-economic characterization of cereal production systems of Central Nepal
(CIMMYT, 2013)
The domestic food security of Nepal is critically depended on the sustainability of the cereal production systems of Central Nepal Terai region, as the major share of nation's cereal production comes from the agro-ecological ...
Annual Report
CIMMYT Informe Anual 2010-2011: Con profundo conocimiento, se toman acciones energicas para revitalizar la agricultura
(CIMMYT, 2013)
Mucha gente recordará el 2011 como el año en que resurgió la hambruna. En el Cuerno de África, a 13 millones de personas—muchas de las cuales vivían de la agricultura y el ganado— les cambió la vida de manera irrevocable ...