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CIMMYT's Women in Crop Science team win the Inclusive Team Award at CGIAR’s inaugural Inclusive Workplace Awards for creating an inclusive and respectful team culture.

Dr Alison Bentley leads the Global Wheat Program at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and will be addressing the Crawford Fund’s international conference Celebrating Agriculture for Development – Outcomes, Impacts and the Way Ahead this week in Parliament House, Canberra.

“Now more than ever, we need to build greater resilience across our global food system,” said Alison Bentley, Director of Global Wheat Program at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Cente

Collaboration between two CGIAR centers emphasizes opportunities for collaboration between agricultural researchers that could prove vital in the fight to establish food security.

​A seminar will be held to explore integrated food production approaches for improved sustainability, productivity and resilience of global food systems. Date: Wednesday, 6 July 2022 Time: 08:00 (Mexico Time) / 21:00 (UTC+8) Click here to watch the event online (Meeting ID: 856 0872 2435, Passcode: 889659)

This open-access textbook provides a comprehensive, up-to-date guide for students and practitioners wishing to access the key disciplines and principles of wheat breeding. Edited by Matthew Paul Reynolds, Senior Scientist and head of Wheat Physiology at CIMMYT, and Hans-Joachim Braun, former Directo

It is projected that by the year 2050, the global food supply will need to increase by 50-80% to keep up with the growing population. Researchers all...

A panel of experts will analyze the increase of agricultural commodity prices and fertilizer prices, in the context of the crisis in Ukraine, and compared to earlier price spikes in 2007/08 and 2010/11.

 E-Mail IMAGE: Covering used to increase night-time temperatures and study wheats tolerance mechanisms; key to overcoming climate change challenges to wheat production. view more  Credit: Photo: Kevin Pixley/CIMMYT, CIMMYT Centro Experimental Norman E. Borlaug, Ciudad Obregon, Mexico. April 29, 2021. The John Innes Centre (JIC, UK) and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) -- two world class wheat research institutes -- have announced a strategic collaboration ...

Byrd C. Curtis, director of CIMMYT’s Global Wheat Program from 1982 to 1988. (Photo: CIMMYT) The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) sadly notes the passing of Byrd C. Curtis, former Director of the Global Wheat Program, on January 7. He was 95 years old and lived in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, with his wife Eloise Curtis. From his studies at Oklahoma State University to retiring after a fruitful international career with Colorado State University, Cargill Inc. and CIMM...