allocations
The main purpose of CIMMYT’s germplasm development work is to provide improved, adapted and stress-tolerant varieties with particular benefit to resource-poor farmers.
Institutions (both public and private) may apply for permission to register and subsequently commercialize CIMMYT maize varieties in specific countries within the framework of the applicable laws, rules and regulations of those countries, harmonized regional seed laws, the Multilateral System of the Food and Agriculture Organization’s International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, the Standard Material Transfer Agreement (SMTA), CIMMYT and CGIAR guidelines and policies, and their CIMMYT maize licensing agreement.
Partners are encouraged to apply for licenses to commercialize CIMMYT maize hybrids following the procedures described in this document:
Acquisition and use of CIMMYT maize hybrids and OPVs for commercialization (PDF, English)
AdquisiciĂłn y uso de hĂbridos y VPL de máiz del CIMMYT para comercializaciĂłn (PDF, Spanish).
Applications to receive commercial licenses may be submitted via the CIMMYT Maize Licensing Portal.
The products featured in the product announcements linked below can also be found listed in CIMMYT’s Maize Product Catalog.
New CIMMYT maize hybrids available from Eastern Africa breeding program
Innovations
CIMMYT is offering a new set of improved maize hybrids to partners, to scale up production for farmers in these areas.
Announcing CIMMYT-derived fall armyworm tolerant elite maize hybrids for eastern and southern Africa
Environmental health and biodiversity
Breakthrough comes after three years of intensive research and trials conducted in Kenya — and during the United Nations International Year of Plant Health — and represents a significant advance in the global fight against fall armyworm.
New CIMMYT pre-commercial hybrids available from Asia maize breeding programs
Nutrition, health and food security
CIMMYT is offering a new set of improved maize hybrids to partners in South and South East Asia and similar agro-ecological zones, to scale up production for farmers in these areas.
New CIMMYT pre-commercial maize hybrids available from eastern and southern Africa breeding programs
Nutrition, health and food security
CIMMYT is offering a new set of improved maize hybrids to partners, to scale up production for farmers in these areas.
Partners invited to apply for allocation of second set of new CIMMYT pre-commercial hybrids
National agricultural research systems and seed companies are invited to apply for the allocation of pre-commercial hybrids, after which they will be able to register, produce and offer the improved seed to farming communities.
Partners invited to apply for allocation of new CIMMYT pre-commercial hybrids
CIMMYT offers a new set of improved maize hybrids to partners in southern Africa and similar regions, to scale up production for farmers in these areas.
