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Blogs

tag icon Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

Entomologist Esther Ngumbi talks curiosity, passion for science, and the importance of mentorship.

In the media

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Source: Seek Research Magazine ()

CIMMYT collaborates with Jared Crain, former director of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Applied Wheat Genomics.

In the media

tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

Source: Nevada Today (20 Nov 2023)

CIMMYT partnering with Melinda Yerka, an associate professor in the Department of Agriculture, Veterinary & Rangeland Sciences and her team to extend the availability of sorghum varieties.

In the media

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Source: SeedWorld (10 Sep 2023)

Fernando Gonzalez, a retired plant breeder from CIMMYT, participated in the webinar hosted by Seed World Group, unveiling possible paths forward public and private plant breeding efforts.

In the media

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Source: Succesful Farming (11 Jul 2023)

To dive into the challenges posed by climate change, researchers at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, in Sonora, Mexico, are working to develop a range of wheat that can withstand extreme and unpredictable weather conditions.

Publications

tag icon Environmental health and biodiversity

A study on the physical disturbance of soil shows that it drives changes in soil properties and affects soil microbial activity.

Features

tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

Seven founding partners introduced Ag4Peace, a new initiative that aims to build resilient food systems and improve livelihoods and diets in low- and middle-income countries.

In the media

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Source: Des Moines Register (25 Sep 2022)

Cary Fowler, US Special Envoy for Global Food Security, mentions CIMMYT as one example of institutions “contributing significantly to global food security.”

News

tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

Crop science and farming research attracts interest of National Association of State Departments of Agriculture of the United States.

News

tag icon Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

An outstanding wheat cytogeneticist and professor, she peacefully passed away a few weeks shy of her 102nd birthday.

News

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At lectures at Cornell University, CIMMYT director general calls for quick united action to avert the unfolding food security crisis.

In the media

tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

Source: Bloomberg (7 Mar 2022)

A new Bloomberg op-ed urges nations to steer more money to organizations like CIMMYT that are advancing crucial research on how to grow more resilient wheat and maize crops in regions that are becoming steadily less arable.

News

tag icon Environmental health and biodiversity

Ram Kanwar Malik named Honorary Member by the Weed Science Society of America for research on herbicide-resistant weed Phalaris minor affecting wheat crops.

News

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CIMMYT’s programs in Colombia and Mexico showcased as examples of successful public–private partnerships for sustainable agriculture, economic growth and improved nutrition.