awards
CGIAR’s “GDI Oscars” celebrate the stars behind advancing Gender, Diversity and Inclusion in our workplaces
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionCIMMYT’s Women in Crop Science team win the Inclusive Team Award at CGIAR’s inaugural Inclusive Workplace Awards for creating an inclusive and respectful team culture.
Winner of BGRI Gene Stewardship Award announced
Environmental health and biodiversityA research team in Mexico has been awarded the BGRI Gene Stewardship Award for their groundbreaking work on wheat breeding.
Singh recognized for wheat crop improvement
Climate adaptation and mitigationSAWBAR bestowed the Sh. VS Mathur Memorial Award 2022 upon CIMMYT scientist Ravi Singh for his pioneering work to enhance wheat productivity in India.
2022 Excellence in International Service Award
Environmental health and biodiversityThis award recognizes outstanding contributions to plant pathology by APS members for countries other than their own. Contributions may have been made through collaborative projects, sabbaticals, short- and long-term assignments with educational or governmental agencies, including, but not limited to, international centers and research institutes.
Inspired by ‘enemy of world hunger’ Rajaram, national and global institutions and research centers strengthen their commitment to food security
Capacity developmentMexican 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.
CIMMYT scientist recognized at the Day of the Farmer in Sonora
Climate adaptation and mitigationLocal authorities praised Head of Global Wheat Improvement Ravi Singh for his contribution to the state’s agricultural development.
BNI-enhanced wheat research wins 2021 Cozzarelli Prize
Climate adaptation and mitigationStudy describing development of wheat with biological nitrogen inhibition ability from wild relative receives award for outstanding papers published in PNAS.
Sanjaya Rajaram honored with India’s civilian service award
Nutrition, health and food securityPresident of India presents Padma Bhushan Award posthumously to relatives of former CIMMYT wheat program director.
CIMMYT scientist receives award for weed research
Environmental health and biodiversityRam Kanwar Malik named Honorary Member by the Weed Science Society of America for research on herbicide-resistant weed Phalaris minor affecting wheat crops.
Wheat titan honored posthumously by India
Climate adaptation and mitigationSanjaya Rajaram, former CIMMYT Wheat Program Director, has been recognized with the Padma Bhushan Award for his contributions to wheat improvement worldwide.
Mexico’s seed producers honor CIMMYT work to breed and spread high-yield maize
Nutrition, health and food securitySeed producers association lauds the research and development support behind productive, resilient maize varieties and hybrids grown on more than one million hectares in Mexico.
CIMMYT scientists recognized for impact
Capacity developmentResearchers listed among world’s most influential scholars, based on citations.
Singh receives lifetime award for wheat breeding successes
Environmental health and biodiversitySource: World Grain (11 Nov 2021)
Ravi Singh, head of global wheat improvement at CIMMYT, received the 2021 Borlaug Global Rust Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award.
Ravi Singh earns Lifetime Achievement award from BGRI
Environmental health and biodiversityRenowned CIMMYT plant breeder recognized for elite wheat varieties that reduced the risk of a global pandemic and now feed hundreds of millions of people around the world.
Agricultural scientist Balwinder Singh awarded ‘Alumnus of the Year’ by a prestigious Australian university
Capacity developmentSource: SBS Punjabi (8 Sep 2021)
The Indian researcher leads CIMMYT’s environmental analytics work in South Asia, where he addresses the region’s productivity and sustainability challenges in cereal systems.