Areas of expertise

Nutrition, health and food security
News

CIMMYT offers proven science and formidable partnerships to help achieve the recently stated G7 ambitions for global food security and nutrition.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
In the media

Source: The Kathmandu Post (31 May 2023)

Mixed farming can boost food security and climate resilience. IWMI and CIMMYT are leading pilot efforts in Nepal to promote sustainable intensification of mixed farming systems (SIMFS).

Climate adaptation and mitigation
In the media

Source: Daily Monitor Online (29 May 2023)

CIMMYT and NaSARRI have partnered to strengthen seed systems for smallholder farmers of millet, sorghum, and groundnuts.

Capacity development
Features

Smallholder farmers increasingly benefit as the younger generation adopts mechanization and sustainable agri-technologies.

News

CIMMYT partners with Turkish Ministry to strengthen defenses against food security threat.

Capacity development
In the media

Source: Technology Times (24 May 2023)

CIMMYT, Pakistan’s National Agriculture Research Center, and China’s Ministry of Science and Technology have collaborated in a project to increase the capacity of breeders and technical staff to develop new high-yielding and disease-resistant wheat varieties.

Nutrition, health and food security
News

CIMMYT and partners are working to accelerate the delivery of stress-tolerant and nutritious seeds to boost smallholder farmer resilience to drought and pests in Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia.

Environmental health and biodiversity
News

Securing biological diversity is a key mission for both organizations.

Innovations
Publications

Farm mechanization contributes to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals of No Poverty (SDG-1) and Zero Hunger (SDG-2), with very small farms facing acute labor shortages benefited the most.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
Publications

New research estimates impact of farmer adaptation to climate change on maize, wheat, rice, sorghum and soybean.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
Publications

CIMMYT researchers comb through data to enumerate the benefits, and costs, of specific climate mitigation initiatives in the AFOLU sector of Mexico.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
Publications

Researchers provide data-driven approach to systematically analyze the production and diffusion of knowledge on food systems and climate change.

Upcoming Events

  1. Sorghum in the 21st Century: Resiliency and Sustainability in the Face of Climate Change

    June 5 - June 9
  2. Bonn Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC SB58)

    June 5 - June 15