CIMMYT
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
About
About CIMMYT
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 partnerships. 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.
For more information, visit cimmyt.org.
Feature image: Nepal 2016. Photographer: CIMMYT/P. Lowe
Our Locations
68 locations
Contacts
Headquarters
Postal address:
Apartado Postal 041
C.A.P. Plaza Galerías, Col. Verónica Anzures
11305 Ciudad de México
MÉXICO
Phone: +52 5558042004 or +52 5959521900 (direct call from the USA: +1 (612) 605-5205).
Fax: +52 5558047558
Media and Communications
Sarah Fernandes, Head of Communications. s.fernandes@cgiar.org
Media requests: Please contact CIMMYT’s communications team.
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When milk quality pays: Evidence from an incentive experiment in Uganda
In many agricultural markets, the limited ability to measure product quality at the source and trace it through the supply chain remains a key...
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GoN Scales CIMMYT’s Commercial Maize Model in Nepal
The Government of Nepal is scaling CIMMYT’s Maize Commercial Model (MCM)—an inclusive, market-based approach that turns spring and winter rice...
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Ideas to Impact: Creative Systems Thinking in Agriculture
A one-day CIMMYT–CGIAR Scaling for Impact (S4I) workshop with BARI on 8 Dec 2025 brought together 25 early- and mid-career scientists (56% women) to...