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International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Name: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
Address: Carretera México-Veracruz Km. 45, El Batán, Texcoco, 56237, MX
Telephone: +52-55-5804-2004
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International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Science and innovation for a food and nutrition secure world.

CIMMYT is a cutting edge, non-profit, international organization dedicated to solving tomorrow’s problems today. It is entrusted with fostering improved quantity, quality, and dependability of production systems and basic cereals such as maize, wheat, triticale, sorghum, millets, and associated crops through applied agricultural science, particularly in the Global South, through building strong pa

rtnerships. This combination enhances the livelihood trajectories and resilience of millions of resource-poor farmers, while working towards a more productive, inclusive, and resilient agrifood system within planetary boundaries. CIMMYT is a core CGIAR Research Center, a global research partnership for a food-secure future, dedicated to reducing poverty, enhancing food and nutrition security and improving natural resources.

22/06/2026

Last week, CIMMYT's Chief Engagement Officer, Sharon Burke, joined the annual meeting of the Islamic Development Bank in Baku, Azerbaijan, one of the year's key gatherings for development finance and food security collaboration. 🤝 🌏

There, CIMMYT held productive conversations with the Islamic Development Bank, the Islamic Organization for Food Security, the Green Climate Fund, and the Pakistani government to identify shared priorities and explore new partnership opportunities.

CIMMYT also met with the Azerbaijani government to discuss how the center's wheat research and innovation expertise can support the country's goals for increased production and food security.

Strengthening food systems takes more than science, it takes the right alliances.

19/06/2026

With up to an 80% chance of El Niño conditions developing in the coming months, regional partners are getting ahead of it. 🤝

This week at CIMMYT's Texcoco facilities, representatives from CRS's ASA2 program (CREA), SECAC, the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, DISAGRO, and CENTA met to strengthen early warning systems and anticipatory action across Mexico and Central America's Dry Corridor.

The focus: protecting maize, beans, rice, wheat, sorghum, and forage production through better agroclimatic monitoring, adapted seed access, regenerative soil practices, and stronger coordination between governments, researchers, and the private sector.

Because preparedness for smallholder farmers starts months before the rains do. 🌧️ ⛈️

🔗 Read more: https://on.cgiar.org/4uSJOC9
Support us: https://on.cgiar.org/3PmtmuY

18/06/2026

This week, Chief Engagement Officer at CIMMYT, Sharon Burke met with Ilhama Gadimova, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, and Dr. Rashad Huseynov, Director of the Agricultural Research Center under Azerbaijan's Ministry of Agriculture, to explore how CIMMYT can support the country's new State Program on Agricultural Development, bringing world-class science and project implementation capacity to sustainably increase wheat yields.

Azerbaijan is committed to transforming its agricultural sector, and CIMMYT is ready to help make that vision a reality.

Support the science that feeds the world: https://on.cgiar.org/3PmtmuY

17/06/2026

Today is the UN World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, a reminder that the land and water crises shaping our world are not distant threats. They are already here, already affecting the farmers who feed us. 🚱 🫧 🥬

At CIMMYT, we've spent decades developing science that meets these conditions head-on. Our drought-tolerant maize varieties yield 25–30% more than standard varieties under drought stress, and at least as well in good years, giving smallholder farmers the stability they need to plan ahead.

⚠️ More than 150 drought-tolerant maize varieties have been released and commercialized through local seed companies, and in 2024 alone, certified seed was planted on 8.4 million hectares, benefiting around 60 million people across 20 countries.

On a day like today, the question isn't whether solutions exist, it's how quickly we scale them to the farmers and landscapes that need them most.

🔗Support us: https://on.cgiar.org/3PmtmuY

16/06/2026

The Harvesting the Future Africa Summit brought together investors, governments, researchers, and partners, all with one shared conviction: the science works, and the opportunity is real.

A smallholder farmer took the stage. Not as a beneficiary. As a strategic voice. Her harvest changed. Her income changed. Her life changed. That's what CIMMYT's science looks like when it reaches the people it was built for.

Over 50 years of breeding, field-tested across the continent, came into focus this week, not as history, but as a foundation for what comes next. The call was clear: move from interest to action. Research collaboration, scaling partnerships, and investment that builds on what's already working.

This is what 50 years of work looks like when it comes together. 🌱

Support the science that feeds the world: https://on.cgiar.org/3PmtmuY

16/06/2026

Earlier today, our Chief Engagement Officer Sharon Burke met with the Mexican Ambassador to Azerbaijan to discuss Azerbaijan's vision for agricultural development.

The conversation explored how Mexico and CIMMYT, working together, could support the government in strengthening national food security, the kind of high-level engagement that drives meaningful progress on global hunger.

Help us keep showing up at the table, donate today: https://on.cgiar.org/3PmtmuY

16/06/2026

At CIMMYT’s Kiboko Crops Research Facility in Kenya supported by KARLO, H.E. Gisele Fernández Ludlow, Ambassador of Mexico to Kenya, joined investors walking the trial plots with the CIMMYT team, seeing the evidence firsthand: tolerant vs. susceptible plant comparisons, harvested ear displays, and the germplasm pipeline that feeds national seed programs across the continent.

CIMMYT isn't just breeding better seeds, we are reimagining how farmers access technology. Mechanization equipment, conservation agriculture demos, and digital advisory tools like AgroTutor and eAgronomy are all on show. Science that scales.

15/06/2026

A week of meaningful conversations in Ethiopia 🇪🇹

CIMMYT Director General Dr. Bram Govaerts Cimmyt visited Ethiopia last week, meeting with the Ministry of Agriculture, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research-EIAR, the African Union diplomatic community, and the Mexican Embassy, while also connecting with CIMMYT's own team on the ground.

The numbers speak for themselves: since 1987, CIMMYT's work in Ethiopia has contributed to a 2x increase in wheat production and a 3x increase in maize, with 173 wheat varieties and 68 maize varieties released, over 70% derived from CIMMYT germplasm.

Across wheat, maize, soil health, mechanization, data, and AI, CIMMYT is deepening its partnerships with Ethiopian institutions to keep pushing that impact forward.

"We want Ethiopia's success story to be a shared success story."

Support us: https://on.cgiar.org/3PmtmuY

15/06/2026

Two days of innovation, collaboration, and field-level learning showcased how Nepal is accelerating the transformation of its maize sector. 🌽 ✴️

Participants engaged with farmers, cooperatives, researchers, local governments, and private-sector partners to see firsthand how the Maize Commercialization Model is improving productivity, strengthening market connections, advancing mechanization, and promoting climate-smart agriculture.

Thank you to all partners and stakeholders who joined us in shaping a more resilient and commercially vibrant maize sector for Nepal.

🔗 Read more: https://on.cgiar.org/4w6ugMj
Support us: https://www.cimmyt.org/make-a-donation/

12/06/2026

💡 Numbers tell a story too.

As a contributor to this year's Wheat Initiative annual report, CIMMYT's impact runs deep: 10 million hectares across Africa are planted with CIMMYT-derived wheat varieties, including 100% of Kenya's released wheat varieties and 80% of Ethiopia's national wheat area.

We also hold the world's most important germplasm bank, freely shared with countries including Italy.

These figures are just a glimpse of decades of research behind the wheat on plates around the world. Swipe through, and get to know the work.

🔗 Read the full report: https://on.cgiar.org/4gfis5o
Support the science that feeds the world: https://on.cgiar.org/3PmtmuY

Dirección

Carretera México-Veracruz Km. 45, El Batán
Texcoco
56237

Horario de Apertura

Lunes	8am - 5pm
Martes	8am - 5pm
Miércoles	8am - 5pm
Jueves	8am - 5pm
Viernes	8am - 5pm

Teléfono

+52-55-5804-2004

Página web

https://www.cimmyt.org/

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