Despite efforts to develop wheat resistant to stem, stripe and leaf rusts, the diseases will continue to thwart scientists, making ongoing funding vital, a top economist has said.

Scientist Denise Costich describes her experience as a judge in the contest to find “The World’s Largest Maize Ear” held in Jala, Nayarit, Mexico.

Wheat bred by the CGIAR consortium of agricultural researchers has a huge global reach.

CIMMYT is stepping up efforts to combat malnutrition through agricultural research and the release of orange maize varieties.

CIMMYT sponsored a workshop in China with international experts presenting the latest innovations in farming systems research.

To strengthen functional linkages between private seed companies and public sector institutions in Pakistan, CIMMYT and its national partners jointly organized four training sessions, one each in Punjab and Sindh and two in Khyber Pakhtunkhaw during March and April, 2015. Participants included 45 staff members from 10 private seed companies from those provinces.