CIMMYT

Ensuring the availability of and access to nutritious and healthy food.

Articles, books, papers, reports and other publications from CIMMYT scientists.

Wheat provides 20 percent of the calories and protein people consume globally.

Media coverage of CIMMYT’s activities.

Our mission is “Maize and wheat science for improved livelihoods.” We envision a world with healthier and more prosperous people — free from the threat of global food crises — and with more resilient agri-food systems.

Our germplasm banks contain the largest and most diverse collections of maize and wheat in the world.

The power of a seed.

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Maize and wheat science for improved livelihoods.

Developing nutritious, high-yielding, climate-resilient, disease- and pest-resistant maize for the tropics.

CIMMYT and CGIAR policies.

CIMMYT annual reports and CRP Maize & CRP Wheat annual reports.