Year: 2021
A view from above
Innovations
CIMMYT scientists use high-powered drones and space satellite imagery to accelerate crop improvement, fight pests and diseases and help farmers make better crop management decisions.
A challenge solved
Environmental health and biodiversity
Massive study of breeding lines across environments pinpoints genomic regions associated with yield potential and stress-resilience in bread wheat.
Buying into new seed
Climate adaptation and mitigation
A mock shop helps researchers understand how Kenyan farmers choose maize seed when their preferred varieties are out of stock.
Four questions with CIMMYTâs Maize Genebank Curator
Environmental health and biodiversity
How to preserve and share the genetic biodiversity of maize.
How biodiversity conservation can help manage future pandemics â for plants and for humans
Environmental health and biodiversity
Source: The Counter (21 May 2021)
Dave Hodson discusses why conservation may be the key to our survival.
A conservation conversation
Environmental health and biodiversity
In a Q&A, Thomas Payne reflects on how CIMMYTâs wheat genebank can be a model for maintaining biodiversity in agricultural systems.
Poverty reduction, livelihoods, and jobs
Increasing livelihoods and economic opportunities for rural communities.
Environmental health and biodiversity
Preserving the legacy of biodiversity and researching ways to stay within planetary boundaries.
MĂ©xico y EU establecen estrategia conjunta a favor de la seguridad alimentaria
Capacity development
Source: El Sol de MĂ©xico (16 May 2021)
Mexico’s Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (SADER) and its counterpart in the United States reached an agreement to promote knowledge sharing and scientific collaboration on agriculture-related issues.
CIMMYT Releases 12 New Maize Lines
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: Seed World (14 May 2021)
CIMMYT has released a set of 12 new maize lines adapted to the tropical  environments targeted by CIMMYT and partner institutions.
CIMMYT releases 12 new maize lines
Innovations
CIMMYT maize lines CML604A to CML615A are adapted to tropical maize production environments.
The Green Revolution was built on manipulating genes to breed higher-yielding, disease resistant crops. Hereâs an ode to one of its pioneers, Sanjaya Rajaram
Capacity development
Source: Genetic Literacy Project (5 May 2021)
This tribute to the life and work of Sanjaya Rajaram also flags CIMMYT’s contribution to improving livelihoods and fostering more productive sustainable maize and wheat farming.