Africa’s important food crop – maize, is under real threat because of maize lethal necrosis (MLN). The disease has adversely affected maize fields in Kenya and its neighbors (DR Congo, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda ...

For 50 years the International Maize and Wheat Improvement center (CIMMYT) has worked to fulfill one mission, research for impact. To overcome the complex socio-environmental challenges facing the future of agriculture, ...

Monica Mezzalama, head of the seed health laboratory at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), discusses the importance of germplasm health as part of activities for the first International Phytosanitary ...

Sesión 4. Cesar Petroli: Genotipificación por Secuenciación Curso: "Aprovechamiento de los Atlas Moleculares de Maíz y Trigo". Diciembre 1, 2 y 3, 2015. El Batan, Mexico.

The multimedia presentation highlights the major activities of the SIMLESA policy forum co organized by CIMMYT and the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) in Entebbe, ...

The theme for 2015 World Food Day (16 October) was “Social Protection and Agriculture: Breaking the Cycle of Rural Poverty.” Highlighting the role of agricultural research and projects on social protection, developmental ...

Especialista en genética y miembro de la Facultad de Investigación de Maíz de la Universidad Estatal de Carolina del Norte. El objetivo de su investigación es comprender la variación genética del maíz y cómo se relaciona ...

In the 1990's, economists considered wheat to be a "minor food" for consumers in sub-Saharan Africa. But wheat is a no longer a minor crop. African countries will spend about US$20 billion to import some 40 million tons ...

In this video, the team of scientists, economists and communicators working across the globe in 14 countries as well as a farmer from Mexico say brief statements about what "CIMMYT is.

En Michoacán entrevistamos a 4 productores que adoptaron las técnicas agronómicas sustentables del programa Modernización Sustentable de la Agricultura Tradicional (MasAgro). En este video nos explican qué resultados que ...