Blogs
The global warming challenge for wheat
The expected average rate of warming over current wheat areas for the next few decades is a little less than 0.5 °C per decade, which implies a negative yield impact of about 2 percent per decade.
Will yield increases continue to feed the world? The case for wheat
Wheat, being produced equally in developing and developed countries, is the top global source of calories and the top traded food grain, a position it is unlikely to lose.
Wheat is not a “rich man’s crop”
Wheat productivity must first increase in developing countries, where yield gaps continue to be unacceptably high.
Student reflection: my visit to CIMMYT-Hyderabad, India
Alex Renaud is a third-year graduate student pursuing a doctorate degree in plant breeding and genetics.
Message from Masa: 2006 King Baudouin Award for CIMMYT work in sub-Saharan Africa
Masa Iwanaga, CIMMYT Director General, accepts the King Baudouin Award on behalf of the organization in Washington, DC.
Message from Masa: CIMMYT’s research
Masa Iwanaga, CIMMYT Director General, on CIMMYT’s research agenda & publications
Message from Masa: Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia
Masa Iwanaga, CIMMYT Director General, visits Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia.