The International Center for Maize and Wheat Improvement (CIMMYT) and Biology Fortified have produced a special video tribute to the late Dr. Norman Borlaug, a legendary CIMMYT scientist who developed high-yielding, ...

Este evento forma parte de la serie “Simposios de Ciencias de las Plantas de DuPont”, establecida en 2008, y es uno de los cerca de 20 simposios de DuPont Pioneer que se llevarán a cabo este año en distintos países. Estos ...

In the Indo-Gangetic plains of South Asia, residue burning is one of the major challenges in conventional tillage based management systems. Environmental pollution and soil health deterioration are major concerns to be ...

Listen to what Tsedeke Abate, leader of the DTMA program, has to say about maize in Africa and the importance of planning ahead for more and more frequent droughts.

An Indian scientist speaks about his experience with conservation agriculture (CA) and how attending a 5 week-long course at CIMMYT expanded his understanding of CA concepts and practices.

In Africa, farmers lose between 20-30 percent of their maize harvest to insect infestation, rodent attack and decay due to poor postharvest handling. The Effective Grain Storage Project by CIMMYT and the Swiss Agency for ...

Visit to CIMMYT installations as a part of activities of the Simposio Internacional “Diversidad Genética: La clave en el mejoramiento moderno y la seguridad alimentaria, celebrated August 25 and 26, 2016.

Africa's fight against Maize Lethal Necrosis (MLN), a disease affecting the continent's most important crop.

Potentially valuable genetic variation, the raw material for crop improvement, remains untapped on genebank shelves, at a time when challenges to crop production are unprecedented. Genebanks should NOT be museums. They ...

Contribution to agriculture by women has been immense but with limited access to resources. There is an urgent need to empower women farmers with labour saving and environment friendly farm technologies. Experiences of ...