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.
Dr. Norman E. Borlaug
Nutrition, health and food security
The Green Revolution saved millions of lives across Asia and led to CIMMYT’s Norman Borlaug receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.
New postharvest storage technologies for Latin America
Nutrition, health and food security
New technologies presented at the 2nd Latin American Convention on Airtight Storage in Guatemala.
Maize lethal necrosis: Scientists and key stakeholders discuss strategies as the battle continues
Climate adaptation and mitigation
CIMMYT scientist wins award from Crop Science Society of America
Nutrition, health and food security
Ravi P. Singh presented with the 2012 Crop Science Research Award.
