
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

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Director General
Bram Govaerts (a.i.)
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Board Chair
Margaret Bath
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Headquarters
Texcoco, Mexico
- Website https://www.cimmyt.org
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, known by its Spanish acronym, CIMMYT, is a non-profit research and training organization with more than 400 partners in over 100 countries.
CIMMYT is the global leader in publicly-funded maize and wheat research and related farming systems. Headquartered near Mexico City, the Center works with its partners throughout the developing world to sustainably increase the productivity of maize and wheat cropping systems, thus improving global food security and reducing poverty.
For this it applies the best of agronomy practices and breeding, socioeconomics, agricultural extension, and capacity building to create sustainable solutions with lasting impact and a strong focus on climate change, hunger and nutrition, rural community development, and the environment. CIMMYT’s germplasm bank is home to humanity’s largest collection of maize and wheat varieties made freely available to scientists, researchers and farmers around the world.
Feature image: Nepal 2016. Photographer: CIMMYT/P. Lowe
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.
News from International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
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New generation of farmers lead the way in making farming more productive and profitable
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)30.05.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
In the Indo-Gangetic Plains of northern India, nearly 70% of the population is involved in…
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Inauguration of the international soil-borne pathogens research & development center in Ankara, Turkey
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)29.05.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Staff of the International Soil Borne Pathogens Research and Development Center along with the Minis…
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Accelerating delivery of stress-tolerant, nutritious seed in Eastern and Southern Africa
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)23.05.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
Accelerated delivery with a difference is underway in Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia to ensure access…
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Publications from International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
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Co-designing socio-technical innovation bundles for the sustainable intensification of mixed farming systems: A methodological note
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)24.02.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
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Postharvest problems and practices in rural Mexico: Summary of diagnostic surveys with smallholder farmers
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)20.02.23