Hannes Karwat works across the Global Wheat Program and the Sustainable Intensification Program on strategies to improve nitrogen use efficiency in the smallholder wheat-based systems of the Global South. His research background is based on soil-plant-microbe interactions and nitrogen cycling in cropping systems, and his current research focus at CIMMYT is on Biological Nitrification Inhibition (BNI).
During the past few years, Karwat has gained considerable experience working with international and national research institutes and NGOs in Latin America and Asia.