CIMMYT is deeply saddened by the passing of M.S. Swaminathan, the father of India's Green Revolution. M.S. Swaminathan saved countless lives from hunger along with CIMMYT founder, Norman Borlaug. Their lives demonstrate the power of partnership.
Join us this week as we celebrate Intl. Day of Women & Girls in Science! ⚛️
From today till Feb. 16, we'll be featuring 7️⃣ women scientists who are breaking down boundaries & leading change @
#CIMMYT
.
Ready to know ➕ about their work?
#WomenInScience
|
#WomenInspiringWomen
#wheat
variety that saved a billion lives: Sonora 64. Researcher responsible: Norman Borlaug. As we observe the anniversary of Borlaug's birth, let's be inspired to continue his legacy. Ambassador Quinn w/ the
@WorldFoodPrize
has some ideas:
#foodsecurity
📣 CIMMYT releases 32 new elite maize lines (CML) suitable for tropical/subtropical maize production environments!
CMLs are freely available to both public and private sector breeders worldwide under the standard material transfer agreement.
More info ▶️
With great sorrow, we report the passing of Sanjaya Rajaram, former Wheat Program director and distinguished scientist at CIMMYT, in Mexico on February 17, 2021, at the age of 78.
A new study shows how adopting a portfolio of conservation agriculture and crop diversification practices boosts farmers profits and minimizes harm to the environment:
@icarindia
@irri
@cgiar
@CornellCALS
“I never met Dr. Norman Borlaug…but I've admired him for years.”
Borlaug gets a special mention in
@BillGates
new book, so here’s an introduction to the man who inspired his decision to work with smallholder farmers in the world’s poorest countries.
👉
🌱🌾Remembering Norman Borlaug on his birth anniversary. His work sparked a global agricultural revolution, aiming to end hunger. At
#CIMMYT
, we continue his mission for a
#hungerfree
#future
through
#innovation
. Join us in making a difference👉
🌿 🎉 Congratulations to Sieg Snapp, director of CIMMYT’s SAS program, on receiving the 2023 International Soil Science Award! Her pioneering work in soil health is reshaping agrifood systems worldwide.
#SoilScience
#AgricultureInnovation
#CIMMYT
"We will increasingly support the
@CGIAR
shared agenda to tackle climate change and make food production in developing countries more productive."
@BillGates
announces new commitments to help smallholder farmers adapt to
#climatechange
.
@gatesfoundation
"In the next 20 years if we don't work together to double African agricultural productivity - we will have a real problem"
@BillGates
says during discussion with Nicole Birrell, CIMMYT BoT chair.
@CGIAR
CIMMYT is in full force at
#IWC2024Perth
. We hope to demonstrate our impact on smallholder farmers in developing countries, solving global challenges, driving scientific innovation, and last but not least, supporting the Australian wheat sector.
🤝Thanks to
@MU_CCFI_Biotech
.
After a 37-year career, Hans-Joachim Braun is retiring from CIMMYT. As the director of the Global Wheat Program and the
@CGIAR
Research Program on Wheat, Braun’s legacy will resonate throughout halls, greenhouses and fields of wheat research worldwide.
👉
A new study shows how adopting a portfolio of conservation agriculture and crop diversification practices boosts farmers profits and minimizes harm to the environment:
@icarindia
@irri
@cgiar
@CornellCALS
I thank our farmers who feed us. We need to empower the next generation of farmers and scientists.
My grandfather,
#NormanBorlaug
, said – take it to the farmer. I add: take it to the public
#AgricultureForPeace
@JulieBorlaug
President of the Borlaug Foundation
A valley located at 2,630 meters above sea level with a cool and humid climate is the ideal location for selecting wheat materials resistant to foliar diseases, such as
#wheatrusts
.
Learn more about CIMMYT’s
#Toluca
experimental station:
After a 37-year career, Hans-Joachim Braun is retiring from CIMMYT. As the director of the Global Wheat Program and the
@CGIAR
Research Program on Wheat, Braun’s legacy will resonate throughout halls, greenhouses and fields of wheat research worldwide.
👉
A new study shows how adopting a portfolio of conservation agriculture and crop diversification practices boosts farmers profits and minimizes harm to the environment:
@icarindia
@irri
@cgiar
@CornellCALS
The Government of Mexico, the Nobel Peace Center and CIMMYT will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Borlaug's
@NobelPrize
with a call to action to develop a transformational response of agriculture for peace, with an emphasis on nutrition, environment and equity.
With great sorrow, we report the passing of our admired colleague Barbara Wells, Director General of
@Cipotato
and
@CGIAR
’s Global Director for Genetic Innovation.
Our heartfelt condolences go to her family, friends & colleagues at our sister center.
As we look forward to 2020,
#CGIARMaize
reflects on 2019 accomplishments:
🎖️MAIZE Youth Innovators Awards in Africa & LatAm
🐛Working with local partners to stop spread of
#fallarmyworm
🌽Release first
#zinc
biofortified maize hybrid for
#Colombia
& more!
Known for its rich color, which can vary from reddish purple to black, as well as its soft texture and sweet taste, this
#nativemaize
variety from Central
#Mexico
is a celebration of
#biodiversity
. Happy
#maizemonday
!
Crop residue retention is the key component of sustainable cropping systems.
Maize-wheat rotation is a double cropping system practiced at
#CIMMYT
wheat trials to:
💯 improve soil quality and nutrient capacity
💯 reduce the adverse effects of residue burning
“CIMMYT is at my heart”
Global Wheat Program director Hans Braun retires, leaving behind a legacy of strong leadership and wheat for millions.
@CGIAR
#CGIARWheat
CIMMYT is responding to the threat of
#COVID19
and taking measures to ensure all our staff worldwide stays safe and healthy. We will continue to perform field and desk research, to the extent allowed by this new situation.
With around 800K wheat accessions in gene banks, we can develop climate-resilient varieties crucial for food security, explains
#CIMMYT
Dr. Matthew Reynolds. These efforts are crucial for supporting smallholder farmers in regions like South Asia and Africa.
#IWC2024Perth
Happy
#February11
everyone!
“We need to encourage and support girls and women to achieve their full potential as scientific researchers and innovators,” says
@UN
Secretary General, Antonio Guterres.
#WomeninScience4SDGs
@CGIAR
Sustainable farming practices increase resilience to climate change, protect biodiversity, and sustainably use natural resources.
Conservation agriculture is a sustainable farming system based on 3️⃣ principles. 🔗
#BiodiversityDay
🌾🌍
Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, former
#CIMMYT
Wheat Program director, has been recognized by the Government of India 🇮🇳 with the Padma Bhushan Award, the third-highest civilian award in the country, for his contributions to wheat 🌾 improvement worldwide:
“We want our breeders to develop new
#drought
-tolerant varieties that can meet the needs of farmers who are feeling the impact of
#climatechange
,” said Cosmos Magorokosho, CIMMYT senior scientist and
#maize
breeder. Learn more via
@FoodBizAfrica
:
#Zimbabwe
CIMMYT will rename one of its most historic and successful wheat experimental stations in honor of Sanjaya Rajaram, a former Wheat Program director, distinguished scientist and World Food Prize laureate:
World-renowned
@CGIAR
plant breeder Ravi Singh, whose elite 🌾 varieties reduced the risk of a global pandemic and now feed hundreds of millions of people, was announced as the 2021
@globalrust
Lifetime Achievement Award recipient.
#BGRI2021
|
#OneCGIAR
#wheat
production needs to increase by 60% by 2050 to feed 9.6 billion. For decades
#CIMMYT
has been trying to increase
#yields
and stave off new strains of diseases by releasing new varieties. How will a gene map help? Find out here
@BBC
@FAO
The ultimate challenge for crop breeders is to increase genetic gain of a crop: literally, to increase the crop’s yield on farmers’ fields. Wheat & maize breeders from CIMMYT and partner institutions are working to achieve this in record time.
👉
@CGIAR
#Wheat
demand is expected to double by 2050, but supply won’t be able to keep up without research like
@CGIAR
Program on WHEAT's work transferring diversity traits from wild goat grass to modern wheat to create more resilient wheat.
#OneCGIAR
#CGIARWheat
Congratulations to Maria Itria Ibba, head of the wheat quality lab and cereal chemist at CIMMYT, for receiving the Heroes Award from the Foundation for Innovation in Healthy Food. Her leadership is advancing global nutrition. 👏🌾We are proud!
🌱 "New breeding approaches, such as creating bridge populations combined with genomic prediction models, can make efficient use of synthetic hexaploid wheat for more resilient future food production." – Susanne Dreisigacker from
#CIMMYT
@s_dreisigacker
#IWC2024Perth
🌾
#CIMMYT
's study reveals climate change may reduce wheat production by 13% by 2050 due to wheat blast. Urgent action and research needed to combat this threat and protect global food security.
#ClimateChange
#WheatBlast
#FoodSecurity
Congratulations to the winners of the MAIZE Youth Innovators Awards 2019 - Latin America! These 7 young farmers, researchers and change agents are implementing innovative solutions in maize based systems across the region
#MYIA2019LatinAmerica
#CGIARMaize
“It is time to change the way we think.
#Farmers
are not the cause of
#Africa
’s poverty; they are a potential solution. They are key to creating the future envisioned by the
#SDGs
.” —
#KofiAnnan
, former UN Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
#FoodSecurity
#nutrition
Half of the population of sub-Saharan Africa eats maize—but 🌽 is susceptible to climate stressors like heat & drought.
Read this
@CropLifeIntl
blog by
@CGIAR
's
@KropffMartin
to learn about the impact of
#CIMMYT
's work in the 🌏 & its success stories.
#WomenInScience
Day is particularly meaningful to CIMMYT’s Global Wheat Program Director
@AlisonRBentley
.
Watch her story, from her first lightbulb moment on a high school field trip, to a leadership position in the wheat research world.
B.M. Prasanna, Director of CIMMYT’s Global Maize Program and
#CGIARMaize
, announces that a new variety of
#maize
seed which will withstand both
#drought
conditions and natural calamities will reach farmers shortly: via
@timesofindia
🎙️ At
#IWC2024Perth
,
@IbbaItria
, Head of the
#CIMMYT
Wheat Quality Laboratory, highlights the impact of wheat biofortification in tackling hidden hunger. By boosting iron and zinc in
#wheat
, we can improve health and livelihoods for millions, especially in South Asia.