Climate change is reshaping wheat production in Asia and Africa. 🌾
Through HyBread, CIMMYT and partners advance hybrid wheat, while the Global Wheat Health Alliance strengthens crop health. 🌍
Building resilience with @Gates Foundation and @FCDOGovUK
Saving native maize is protecting the future 🌽
Communities in Quintana Roo are restoring seeds, blending tradition and science, and building 4 shared machinery hubs to strengthen resilience.
🔗 Read more: https://bit.ly/4mLWU1F
🌱 Support the mission: https://bit.ly/4jDx9z5
Agriculture drives ~30% of global emissions. It also has to be part of the solution. 🌍
On #EarthDay, CIMMYT is working on drought-tolerant crops, healthier soils, and smarter farming systems so the field becomes part of the answer.
We are at #ZITF2026 🇿🇼
At the Food Systems Pavilion with @WFP_Zimbabwe, @FAO, and ICRISAT, talking about what it actually takes to build resilient food systems in Zimbabwe.
Come find us if you are here 👀
#ZeroHungerInAction
Pearl millet once thrived across Kenya's drylands. Then it disappeared.
At Kiboko, CIMMYT and KALRO are evaluating 28 hybrid varieties built for drought, fast maturity, and dual use as food and forage. Five seed companies already interested.
🔗 Read more:https://on.cgiar.org/4cFlAV1
In Zimbabwe, 500+ farmers and 200 hectares are part of CIMMYT’s sorghum innovation bundle, linking seeds, practices, and markets to build resilient food systems 🌾
🔗 Read more: https://bit.ly/4sPiOCB
🔗 Help us do more: https://bit.ly/4jDx9z5
Happy Independence Day Zimbabwe 🇿🇼🌾
Biofortified wheat boosting yields. Mobile threshers lifting incomes by 12%. Women and youth leading 60%+ of agroecology programs.
Proud to be on the ground making it happen with you.
Agriculture must move beyond efficiency and embrace resilience.
At #SpringMeetings, CIMMYT met with @WorldBank leaders to discuss gene banks, partnerships, and innovations like nitrogen efficient wheat. 🌍🤝🌱
We’re still at #AGBTAg26 🌵✨
Anindya Bandyopadhyay presented gene editing in pearl millet with Corteva, taking science from lab to field for resilient food systems. 🌱
🎤 At #AGBTAg26, David Gonzalez shared powerful insights on scaling on‑farm testing in Africa, putting farmers at the center of genetic gain & impact.
From Arizona to Africa, farmers drive innovation.
In Washington, DC, CIMMYT DG @BramGovaerts and Chief Engagement Officer Sharon Burke engaged with the World Bank Group. 🌱
From scaling innovation to addressing Executive Directors, the message was clear: food security requires collaboration at scale.
CIMMYT is at the #SpringMeetings at @WorldBank 🌎
Engaging with global partners to push one message: food security cannot wait! 🌾
@IMF
CIMMYT at AGBTAg 2026 🌎🌱
Our experts are part of key conversations on genomics, innovation, and crop improvement 🧬🌾
Explore the agenda 👇
www.agbt.org/agenda-2/
20% of global nitrogen fertilizer flows through a single route and crops absorb just 30% of that.
🎙️ In The Ash Cloud, Bram Govaerts shares why resilience must drive agrifood systems.
🎧 Listen:
Apple: https://bit.ly/3OaCi6o
Spotify: https://bit.ly/4vmeNYA
🌍 Today is #WorldHealthDay.
In Mexico, corn tortillas = 20% of daily energy intake.
Climate change threatens these staples & farmer livelihoods.
At CIMMYT, we connect ag science to better health outcomes. 🌱
66 years of independence 🇸🇳
In Senegal, 70% of the population rely on agriculture. 🌾
At CIMMYT, we work with partners to strengthen crops and deliver climate-resilient solutions.
Happy Independence Day!
What if science could unlock the future of rice in Asia? 🌾
CIMMYT partners with the University of the Philippines Los Baños, led by Jose V. Camacho Jr., to advance genomic research in rice and strengthen food security 🌏
Support this work: https://bit.ly/4jDx9z5
The future of wheat just got a major upgrade.
CIMMYT + Uzbekistan are joining forces to boost climate resilience, productivity & food security.
🔗 Read more: https://on.cgiar.org/4ciQmUq
🌱 Degraded soils = weaker food systems
In Ethiopia, nearly half of farmland is affected, and billions are lost each year.
CIMMYT is part of the solution 👇
💡 Better data
🌾 Smarter fertilizer use
🌍 Stronger systems
🔗 https://on.cgiar.org/3PzJfhN
From one crop → two 🌱🌽
Farmers in India are earning up to $200 more per season with CIMMYT’s intercropping approach 💰
CIMMYT is now scaling intercropping across South Asia to reach more farmers 👇
🔗 https://on.cgiar.org/3PRVHJD
We hosted the @EUAmbZambia, Minister & partners from @FAO and Government at SIFAZ fields.
Led by CIMMYT's Christian Thierfelder, the visit highlighted the impact of this work.
🌱 More than 7 mother trials + 168 farmer-led trials
👨🏽🌾 Farmers scaling up adoption (up to 1.5 ha)
Today, on Bangladesh Independence Day. 🇧🇩
Recognizing the partnerships driving agricultural progress. 🌾
At CIMMYT, we work with farmers to strengthen crops and face climate and disease risks.
Building resilience together. 💚
Wheat is under pressure.
At CENEB in Sonora, #CIMMYT brought together agrifood leaders, scientists, and the Secretary of Agriculture of Sonora to tackle water scarcity and climate challenges.
🤝 Science + partnerships = real impact.
Women power agriculture 🌾
But mechanisation is still seen as a “man’s job”—CIMMYT GEYSI Director
Time to change that.
🔗 Read more: https://on.cgiar.org/4v6XElQ
CIMMYT at #AFSTA2026 🌾
At the African Seed Trade Association Congress, we are working with partners to strengthen seed systems and scale innovation across Africa
From advanced breeding to data-driven tools, we support resilient seed markets and farmers
#ClimateAction
🚨 Wheat blast is a growing global threat, and the response is going global too.
Experts from 7 countries came together to build a proactive defense strategy to protect wheat (and food security worldwide).
Prevention > reaction. Always.💡
🔗 https://on.cgiar.org/4dHeAZH
You can’t build resilient food systems without women 🌍
CIMMYT is proving that inclusive research = better results 💥
Read more👇
https://on.cgiar.org/485SQTE
💧 no water = no tortillas, no bread, no noodles… no food 🌮🍞🍜
This #WorldWaterDay, we’re helping farmers grow more with less water.
💙 Donate: https://on.cgiar.org/3PmtmuY
A blocked shipping route could become a global food crisis. 🌎
Insights from CIMMYT leadership featured in IPG Journal show how disruptions in Hormuz impact food systems worldwide.
Read more 👇
www.ipg-journal.de/regionen/global/artikel/...
Real solutions grow from the ground up 🌱
Across Latin America, women are shaping resilient food systems by connecting science, policy, and local knowledge 🌎
📄 Read the full note: https://bit.ly/4bBRKjB
Be part of the change: https://bit.ly/4jDx9z5
