Innovations
Working with smallholders to understand their needs and build on their knowledge, CIMMYT brings the right seeds and inputs to local markets, raises awareness of more productive cropping practices, and works to bring local mechanization and irrigation services based on conservation agriculture practices. CIMMYT helps scale up farmers’ own innovations, and embraces remote sensing, mobile phones and other information technology. These interventions are gender-inclusive, to ensure equitable impacts for all.
CIMMYT and Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences (JAAS) Strengthen Collaboration through visit at CIMMYT Kenya
Capacity development
CIMMYT and JAAS advanced a dynamic research partnership in Kenya, showcasing cutting edge maize and dryland crop science to accelerate climate resilient innovation
Wheat Research and the Power of International Collaboration
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Global collaboration in wheat research, with CIMMYT at its core, remains essential for food security worldwide
Scaling Agricultural Innovation in Nepal: How CGIAR’s Scaling for Impact Program is Supporting the Transformation of Local Success into Systemic Change
Climate adaptation and mitigation
In Nepal, CGIAR’s Scaling for Impact Program is turning maize innovations into large scale, climate resilient impact through strong partnerships and market driven change
Release of a new set of 13 CIMMYT Maize Lines (CML648B-CML660B)
Innovations
CIMMYT announces the release of 13 new maize inbred lines developed to enhance productivity and stress tolerance in tropical maize systems worldwide.
You can’t see it, but it’s saving lives: zinc in staple crops
Climate adaptation and mitigation
By embedding zinc enrichment directly into elite wheat lines, scientists are turning a once “hidden hunger” solution into a mainstream breeding breakthrough
Seeding Change Together: CIMMYT Strengthens Collaboration for Africa’s Seed Systems
Capacity development
In Kampala, Uganda, CIMMYT and partners joined forces to strengthen resilient, farmer-centered seed systems across Africa
Bright Horizons for Nutrition in Zimbabwe
Capacity development
Biofortified wheat varieties developed by CIMMYT are helping tackle hidden hunger in Zimbabwe by delivering higher zinc content, improved yields, and climate resilience directly through the seeds farmers grow and consume.
CIMMYT Hosts Launch of the 2025 EAT-Lancet Commission Report
Environmental health and biodiversity
CIMMYT hosted the global launch of the 2025 EAT-Lancet Commission Report, convening leading scientists and partners to advance evidence-based pathways toward healthy, sustainable, and just food systems.
Eight New CIMMYT maize hybrids available from Southern Africa Breeding Program
Climate adaptation and mitigation
CIMMYT unveils eight new tropical maize hybrids for uptake by partners targeting Southern Africa and similar regions
How Africa Stopped MLN—A Continental Victory Built on Science, Surveillance, and Clean Seed Systems
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Sustain Africa Supports Fertilizer Deliveries for Agricultural Recovery in Sudan
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Leveraging Digital Advisory Platforms to build climate-resilient wheat farming systems in Ethiopia
Capacity development
Digital climate advisories are helping Ethiopia’s wheat farmers anticipate climate risks, improve yields, and build resilience in the face of growing climate uncertainty.
CIMMYT and KAUST sign Memorandum of Understanding to advance genomic innovation and strengthen global food security
Capacity development
CIMMYT and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology have formalized a scientific partnership to accelerate genomic innovation and strengthen global food security