Year: 2018
Maize
Developing nutritious, high-yielding, climate-resilient, disease- and pest-resistant maize for the tropics.
Ag women speak out for International Day of Girls and Women in Science
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
To celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science, CIMMYT asked women involved in agricultural science to share their views on what they would like to see change.
Deadly strain of wheat stem rust disease surfaces in Europe
Nutrition, health and food security
Scientists have shown that the first appearance of wheat stem rust disease in the U.K. in nearly 60 years, which occurred in 2013, was caused by the same virulent fungal strain responsible for recent wheat stem rust outbreaks in Ethiopia, Denmark, Germany, and Sweden.
Governance
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New Publications: Goat grass gives wheat breeders an edge
Innovations
A new commentary published today in Nature Plants highlights the importance of an ancient grass species for wheat breeding.
