Americas

CIMMYT has several offices in the Americas, including global headquarters in Mexico and a regional office in Colombia. Activities are supported by an additional 140 hectares of stations in diverse agro-ecological zones of Mexico. CIMMYT’s genebank in Mexico stores 27,000 maize and 170,000 wheat seed collections – key to preserving the crop genetic diversity of the region. CIMMYT projects range from developing nutritionally enhanced maize to mapping regional climate change hot spots in Central America. The comprehensive MasAgro project aims to increase wheat production in Mexico by 9 million tons and maize production by 350,000 tons by 2030. CIMMYT promotes regional collaboration and facilitates capacity building for scientists, researchers and technicians.

News

tag icon Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

She conducted genetic studies with worldwide importance in explaining wheat genetics.

Features

tag icon Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

A nutritionist outspoken about the negative consequences of gluten-free diets, shares her views.

Features

tag icon Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Features

tag icon Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

In high school, Jessica Rutkoski was similar to many girls who suffer from the tedium and complexity of high school arithmetic – she avoided it.

Features

tag icon Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
News

tag icon Innovations

CIMMYT is actively taking advantage of solar energy’s potential in Mexico.

News

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Sanjaya Rajaram, recipient of the 2014 World Food Prize, told more than 200 participants at the World Food Forum in Santiago, Chile, on 14 April, that he held hopes for a “second Green Revolution.”

News

tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

Artist Katharine McDevitt, creator of a new bronze representation of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Norman Borlaug, is fascinated by sculptures representing pre-Hispanic deities.

Features

tag icon Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

The late wheat breeder Norman Borlaug was so dedicated to his work that he was away from home 80 percent of the time, either travelling or in the field, recalls his daughter, Jeanie Borlaug Laube.

News

tag icon Capacity development

Leading specialists on the sustainable intensification of agriculture tried to hammer out indicators for assessing “sustainability,” a development term that refers roughly to the health and longevity of a system, at a 13 February workshop in San Jose, California.

Features

tag icon Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

A social media campaign initiated to celebrate the achievements of women has led to more than a dozen published blog story contributions about women in the maize and wheat sectors.

News

tag icon Capacity development

The two institutions will collaborate to strengthen the seed sector, promote improved crop varieties and relevant mechanization in the region.

Features

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Sanjaya Rajaram, 2014 World Food Prize laureate, is credited with producing 480 wheat varieties, leading to increased yields and food for more than 1 billion people a year.