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Toluca Experiment Station holds field day for CIMMYT scientists and staff
Capacity developmentA field day was held on 4 September at CIMMYT’s Toluca experiment station to give CIMMYT scientists the opportunity to explain their program objectives and research activities to colleagues who may not have been familiar with their work. Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, 2014 World Food Prize recipient, and several retired CIMMYT employees who had worked with him also attended. Over 100 current and former staff members attended, with one group receiving presentations in English and the other in Spanish.
University of Wisconsin students experience Mexico’s maize and culture
Capacity developmentOn 9 August CIMMYT-El Batán welcomed a group of 22 students and three teachers from the University of Wisconsin for a week-long stay. The students are enrolled in the university’s course for a Global Health Certificate, which introduces students to a preventive, population-level, interdisciplinary approach to health promotion.
Precision farming down under at the National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture
Capacity developmentCIMMYT scientists discuss the complementary nature of the two organizations in the areas of precision agriculture, field monitoring, smart technologies and remote sensing.
Gupta Is new Director General of Borlaug Institute for South Asia
Capacity developmentHari S. Gupta was selected as the second Director General (DG) of the Borlaug Institute for South Asia (BISA) in India and assumed his new position on August 7th.
Happy Birthday, Norman Borlaug!
Nutrition, health and food securityNew video honors the 100th birthday of the father of the Green Revolution.