Year: 2016

Features

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To mark CIMMYT’s 50th anniversary, Mexico’s Secretariat of Agriculture launched a photo exhibition honoring Nobel Prize Laureate Norman Borlaug.

News

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As an El Niño-induced drought continues to devastate southern African food crops, CIMMYT promoted drought-tolerant maize to Malawian politicians.

News

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CIMMYT is expanding conservation agricultural practices aimed at enhancing the productivity of labor, land and capital in China’s Sichuan Province.

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Farmers in Nepal are benefiting from the work done by the Cereal Systems Initiative of South Asia (CSISA).

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CIMMYT Principal Scientist Ortiz-Monasterio appointed as 2017 Global Agronomy Section Vice Chair of the American Society of Agronomy.

News

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International wheat and gluten experts will gather in Mexico City for the 2018 13th International Gluten Workshop to discuss all aspects of the proteins found in wheat, rye, barley and triticale.

Blogs

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For Mexicans, the “children of corn,” maize is entwined in life, history and tradition. It is not just a crop; it is central to their identity.

Features

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Diverse, stress tolerant maize varieties are benefiting smallholders throughout sub-Saharan Africa.

News

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Afghan and Indian researchers are collaborating to combat the wheat rust disease Karnal bunt.

Publications

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A new study reveals the need for continued development of maize varieities resistant to MLN and strengthening farmer resilience.

News

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International scientists are on high alert as they develop tactics to fight wheat blast in Bangladesh, which is affecting a large portion of the country’s wheat growing area.

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CIMMYT and Bayer’s Crop Science team are looking for practical solutions to future climate-change related challenges in South Asian agriculture.

Blogs

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Cornell University’s Linda McCandless describes some of the agricultural challenges Nepalese farmers face after the devastating 2015 earthquake

Blogs

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Maricelis Acevedo, newly appointed associate director for science for the Delivering Genetic Gain in Wheat project left her island home of Puerto Rico in 2003 to pursue a career as a pathologist and has been traveling the world ever since.

News

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Modern nixtamalization technology could increase maize uses and offer Kenyans invaluable benefits.