CIMMYT

CIMMYT
Press releases

tag icon Capacity development

Mexican authorities and international researchers pay tribute to World Food Prize Laureate and former wheat scientist Sanjaya Rajaram at the CIMMYT experimental station in Toluca named after him.

In the media

tag icon Capacity development

Source: Agrilinks (26 Apr 2022)

A change in policy by the Nepalese government in February 2022 opens up space for private seed companies to be involved in seed variety development, evaluation and distribution to farmers.

News

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Local authorities praised Head of Global Wheat Improvement Ravi Singh for his contribution to the state’s agricultural development.

In the media

tag icon Environmental health and biodiversity

Source: The Guardian (14 Apr 2022)

“We’ll never get back all the diversity we had before, but the diversity we need is out there,” says Matthew Reynolds, head of wheat physiology at CIMMYT.

News

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

The new HAFIZ project will increase access to mechanization and promote conservation agriculture practices.

In the media

tag icon Environmental health and biodiversity

Source: The Guardian (15 Apr 2022)

As climate breakdown and worldwide conflict continue to place the food system at risk, seed banks from the Arctic to Lebanon try to safeguard biodiversity.

Features

tag icon Environmental health and biodiversity

The manual builds on the lessons of a decade of work on MLN management in sub-Saharan Africa by CIMMYT and its partners.

News

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

At lectures at Cornell University, CIMMYT director general calls for quick united action to avert the unfolding food security crisis.

Blogs

tag icon Nutrition, health and food security
News

tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

President of India presents Padma Bhushan Award posthumously to relatives of former CIMMYT wheat program director.

In the media

tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

Source: The Boston Globe (28 Mar 2022)

The war in Ukraine, coupled with weather-related disruptions in the world’s major grain-producing regions, could unleash unbearable humanitarian consequences, civil unrest, and major financial losses worldwide, says Bram Govaerts.

News

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CIMMYT is offering a new improved maize hybrid to partners, to scale up production for farmers in the region.

Press releases

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Researchers will source useful gene variations from CGIAR genebanks to develop climate-smart crops.

Annual reports

tag icon Innovations

The legacy of this international collaboration in maize research sealed in the program’s final report.

Annual reports

tag icon Innovations

The legacy of this international collaboration in wheat research sealed in the program’s final report.