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Four awardees are using modern technologies, dedicated to new knowledge and with hopes to improve the world.

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The seed varieties stored in the CIMMYT germplasm bank were of vital importance in efforts to restore food security in the aftermath of Hurricane Stan.

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For the first time ever, a research team of more than 40 scientists has genetically characterized values of exotics in hexaploid wheat.

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MARPLE (Mobile And Real-time PLant disEase) is a portable testing lab which could help speed-up the identification of devastating wheat rust diseases in Africa.

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CIMMYT scientist talks about the new wheat genome map

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As Zimbabwe’s child malnutrition rate peaks above the international threshold for emergency response, nutritious vitamin A orange maize gains ground on the national market.

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Indigenous farmers in Oaxaca are custodians of maize biodiversity, growing seeds passed down over generations.

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Workshop participants learned how to use the latest in technology to identify and keep track of the deadly Wheat Blast disease.

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New scientific research into “layering” climate smart agriculture techniques shows promise, demonstrating the potential for crop adaptability to climate change.

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Country Representative for Research and Partnerships and Systems Agronomist
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At the 2018 Latin American Cereals Conference (LACC), researchers discussed hidden hunger, the consumption of insufficient micronutrients, and how biofortification can help.

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Winners of the Jeanie Borlaug Laube Women in Triticum (WIT) Early Career Award joined an on-going wheat research training course organized by CIMMYT.