How CIMMYT is Advancing Women-centered Agriculture in Africa

Mar 23, 2026 | Mariana Callejas
CIMMYT
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Across Africa, women play a central role in producing food, managing farms, and sustaining household nutrition and incomes. Yet their contributions are still too often constrained by unequal access to land, inputs, information, finance, and decision making. As we mark Women’s History Month, CIMMYT is highlighting the importance of designing agricultural research and innovation that reflect the realities of women farmers and respond to their needs. 

CIMMYT’s work across the continent shows that agricultural innovation is stronger when it is inclusive from the start. Whether through crop breeding, seed systems, or testing new technologies in farmers’ fields, CIMMYT is helping ensure that women are not treated as an afterthought in research, but as essential partners in shaping solutions that can improve livelihoods and strengthen resilience.