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  1. Exploring the use of wastewater in agriculture
    With food demand and water scarcity on the uptick, it's time to stop treating wastewater like garbage and instead manage it as a resource that can be used to grow crops and help address water scarcity in agriculture. Properly managed, wastewater can be used safely to support crop production —…
  2. Final TEEB Country Study International Workshop
    The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) will organise an international workshop in Mexico from the 4th until the 7th of December in the margins of the CBD COP to share experiences, expertise and interim results with the international community. The COP is the highest governing body of…
  3. New high-yielding maize aids smallholder farmers, helps hungry in drought-hit Africa
    Bigger and healthier maize is helping to counter the effects of severe drought caused by the warming effects of an El Nino weather system that has swept across southern Africa making more than 30 million people in the region dependent on food aid. New varieties of the most important staple food…
  4. CGIAR system retools to fight hunger and climate change
    CGIAR, a global research partnership for a food-secure future, dedicated to reducing poverty, enhancing food and nutrition security, and improving natural resources and ecosystem services, today announced the approval of a new, targeted research portfolio to boost poor farmer incomes, food…
  5. New book on birth of CIMMYT celebrates successes, urges renewed efforts
    Credited with saving hundreds of million from hunger in the post-World War II era, global agricultural research organizations such as the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) will need to change their focus, funding base and partnerships in coming decades, to continue…
  6. New generation of hunger fighters needed, says Julie Borlaug at CIMMYT 50th anniversary
    Encouraging youth willing to become “hunger fighters” to take up the challenges of farming despite erratic weather caused by climate change, drought, dwindling water supplies and nutrient-depleted soil, is key to future food security, said Julie Borlaug, associate director for external relations at…
  7. Partner Spotlight: CIMMYT 50 delegates underline sustainability as key
    Although increasing food supply to meet future demand must involve pushing the boundaries on technological innovation, sustainability must always be first and foremost, said Martin Kropff, director general of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), at a conference to mark the…
  8. INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES, AGRÍCOLAS Y PECUARIAS
  9. FAO LAC regional office: Mexico
    Noticias de la Oficina Regional de la FAO para América Latina y el Caribe
  10. Enciso Francisco
    PhD Comparative Economi and Rural Develoment. Ejecutive Secretary for integratión Sistem in Agriculture thecnology. America Central.
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