Despite remarkable economic progress in Asia over the past three decades, 1.9 billion people still live on less than $2 dollars per day. Asia plants more than halt the developing world's wheat and almost half its maize. ...

CIMMYT’s work focuses on reducing poverty and hunger by sustainably increasing the productivity of maize- and wheat-based farming systems. Of the poor who depend on maize and wheat for their livelihoods and food security, ...

CIMMYT is a private, autonomous, nonprofit, scientific and educational institution chartered under Mexican law to engage in the improvement of maize and wheat production, everywhere in the world, with emphasis on developing ...

The strategic choices made by CIMMYT and its partners will improve their capacity to contribute to the UN Millennium Development Goals of halving poverty and hunger through maize and wheat research. Their strategic choices ...

Global agriculture faces major challenges. In large areas, soil erosion and the loss of fertility progressively reduce crop yields and can lead to land being abandoned and turning to desert. Households, industries, and ...

La fertilidad y productividad del suelo se está degradando en muchas áreas de los campos de los agricultores en México. La erosión del suelo se ha generalizado, y las prácticas agrícolas disminuyen el contenido de materia ...

La investigación sobre sistemas agrícolas sustentables no es suficiente para cambiar completamente el panorama. Es importante que todas las personas involucradas en el proceso productivo del campo unan esfuerzos para ...