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The democratization of innovation
Innovations
The Scaling Scan is facilitating access to sustainability and growth around the world and across diverse industries.
CIMMYT delivers seed to Svalbard Global Seed Vault
Environmental health and biodiversity
Maize and wheat seeds stored in Svalbard are essential for protecting global biodiversity for future generations.
Agriculture for Peace: A call to action to avert a global food crisis
Nutrition, health and food security
CIMMYT, the Government of Mexico and the Nobel Peace Center celebrate the 50-year anniversary of Norman Borlaug’s Nobel Peace Prize.
50-year anniversary of Norman Borlaug’s Nobel Peace Prize
Nutrition, health and food security
A special event will make a global call to action: to develop a transformational response of agriculture for peace.
50 years building peace through agriculture
Nutrition, health and food security
The Nobel Peace Center, Mexico’s government and CIMMYT celebrate the International Day of Peace and honor the legacy of Norman Borlaug, who saved one billion lives because “You can’t build peace on empty stomachs.”
Preserving the legacy of biodiversity
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Maize and wheat seeds from all over the world are preserved at the CIMMYT genebank, used to bring new varieties to farmers, and backed up at the Global Seed Vault.
A ton of seed shipped to the doomsday vault at Svalbard
Nutrition, health and food security
More than two-thirds of CIMMYT seed collections are now backed-up in the vault on an island in the icy Barents Sea, north of mainland Norway.
