MAIZE partners announce a new manual for effectively managing maize lethal necrosis (MLN) disease
Environmental health and biodiversityThe manual builds on the lessons of a decade of work on MLN management in sub-Saharan Africa by CIMMYT and its partners.
The worst global food security crisis in 50 years could be already here
Climate adaptation and mitigationAt lectures at Cornell University, CIMMYT director general calls for quick united action to avert the unfolding food security crisis.
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.
Multiple breadbasket failures: Nations must address looming food emergencies
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: The Boston Globe (28 Mar 2022)
The war in Ukraine, coupled with weather-related disruptions in the world’s major grain-producing regions, could unleash unbearable humanitarian consequences, civil unrest, and major financial losses worldwide, says Bram Govaerts.
New CIMMYT maize hybrid available from Eastern Africa highland breeding program
InnovationsCIMMYT is offering a new improved maize hybrid to partners, to scale up production for farmers in the region.
New endeavor fast-tracks the power of crop diversity for climate resilience
Climate adaptation and mitigationResearchers will source useful gene variations from CGIAR genebanks to develop climate-smart crops.
CRP Maize Annual Report 2021
InnovationsThe legacy of this international collaboration in maize research sealed in the program’s final report.
CRP Wheat Annual Report 2021
InnovationsThe legacy of this international collaboration in wheat research sealed in the program’s final report.
Food Is Just as Vital as Oil to National Security
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: Bloomberg (7 Mar 2022)
A new Bloomberg op-ed urges nations to steer more money to organizations like CIMMYT that are advancing crucial research on how to grow more resilient wheat and maize crops in regions that are becoming steadily less arable.
CIMMYT deeply regrets the passing of leading agriculture and forestry research expert Barbara H. Wells
As Director General of the International Potato Center (CIP) and as CGIAR’s Global Director for Genetic Innovation, Wells helped improve the health and livelihoods of millions of people.
New direction in research for advancing gender-responsive maize breeding
Capacity developmentResearch on gender and maize looks to move beyond trait preferences at seed demand more broadly.
New CIMMYT maize hybrids available from Eastern Africa Breeding Program
InnovationsCIMMYT is offering a new set of improved maize hybrids to partners, to scale up production for farmers in the region.
How interactions among hidden enemies and drought effects grain yield and disease severity in bread wheat
Environmental health and biodiversityCIMMYT scientists in Turkey investigated the effect of soil borne diseases individually and in combination with drought on morphological and physiological traits in wheat germplasm.
Meet The Indian Researcher Helping To Solve The Deadly Aflatoxin Puzzle
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: Forbes (29 Dec 2022)
Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur, a Principal Scientist at CIMMYT, says aflatoxin, a toxin produced from soil fungus and found in groundnuts like peanuts, is a serious public health and food safety problem around the globe.