Global

Videos

tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

Entomologist and CIMMYT partner Mike Smith explains the importance of documenting the economic value of crop pest research.

News

tag icon Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

The number of the world’s hungry could double and trade restrictions will harm food importing nations, experts say.

In the media

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Source: The Wire (14 Apr 2020)

Biodiversity loss creates new opportunities for pathogens to move from one species to another.

Blogs

tag icon Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

The Scaling Up community of practice discusses challenges and opportunities for an improved “new normal” for agriculture, research and development.

In the media

tag icon Environmental health and biodiversity

Source: Plantopia (9 Apr 2020)

CIMMYT senior scientist Dave Hodson discusses striking parallels between wheat rust and global human epidemics on new podcast.

Features

tag icon Environmental health and biodiversity

Experts share their insights on the link between biodiversity loss and emerging infectious diseases.

Features

tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

Looking at wheat diseases in times of the COVID-19 crisis.

Videos

tag icon Capacity development

Developing genomic profiles of DNA samples can accelerate the breeding process.

Member, CIMMYT Board of Trustees
Videos

tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

Entomologist Punya Nachappa explains wheat curl mites, the impact of climate change and why breeding for host plant resistance is key.

Photos

tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

What do wholegrain foods look like around the world?

Videos

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Climate change will see pests moving countries and continents as conditions become more favorable.

Explainers

tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

What they are, why they are important for your health, and how to identify them.

Features

tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

Technical coordination between research and development partners is key to breed maize varieties that respond to the diverse needs of small farmers.

Publications

tag icon Innovations

Researchers discuss how phenotyping can assist breeding and make the case for investing in new methodologies.