CIMMYT Annual Report 2017

In 2017, CIMMYT and partners were at the center of global responses to several grave challenges to maize and wheat agriculture. In South Asia, we supported the fast-track release by Bangladesh of a new variety that resists wheat blast, a deadly and mysterious disease that appeared for the first time in the region in 2016. In Africa, our staff coordinated with global, regional, and national partners on an integrated strategy to control fall armyworm, a pest from the Americas that since 2016 has devastated over 1.5 million hectares of Africa’s maize. In the Americas, CIMMYT provided Haiti with 150 tons of improved maize seed to assist farmers and replenish emergency reserves as part of the nation’s recovery from the impact of earthquakes, droughts, and hurricanes. Successful resource mobilization this year included exciting new directions and partnerships, such as the agreement with Henan Agricultural University in China, to open a joint maize and wheat research center, or the launch with Nestlé in Mexico of a responsible sourcing collaboration in which thousands of Mexican farmers will use sustainable practices to produce more than some 400,000 tons of maize and wheat. In support of the dynamic new CGIAR research portfolio for 2017-22, CIMMYT is providing leadership and guidance and will oversee the new Excellence in Breeding Platform.

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Other Authors: Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT)
Format: Annual Report biblioteca
Language:English
Published: CIMMYT 2018
Subjects:AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT), CIMMYT, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS,
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spelling dig-cimmyt-10883-195122022-10-28T21:21:34Z CIMMYT Annual Report 2017 Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT) AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT) CIMMYT AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS In 2017, CIMMYT and partners were at the center of global responses to several grave challenges to maize and wheat agriculture. In South Asia, we supported the fast-track release by Bangladesh of a new variety that resists wheat blast, a deadly and mysterious disease that appeared for the first time in the region in 2016. In Africa, our staff coordinated with global, regional, and national partners on an integrated strategy to control fall armyworm, a pest from the Americas that since 2016 has devastated over 1.5 million hectares of Africa’s maize. In the Americas, CIMMYT provided Haiti with 150 tons of improved maize seed to assist farmers and replenish emergency reserves as part of the nation’s recovery from the impact of earthquakes, droughts, and hurricanes. Successful resource mobilization this year included exciting new directions and partnerships, such as the agreement with Henan Agricultural University in China, to open a joint maize and wheat research center, or the launch with Nestlé in Mexico of a responsible sourcing collaboration in which thousands of Mexican farmers will use sustainable practices to produce more than some 400,000 tons of maize and wheat. In support of the dynamic new CGIAR research portfolio for 2017-22, CIMMYT is providing leadership and guidance and will oversee the new Excellence in Breeding Platform. 37 pages 2018-06-08T19:11:40Z 2018-06-08T19:11:40Z 2018 Annual Report https://hdl.handle.net/10883/19512 English CIMMYT Annual Report CIMMYT manages Intellectual Assets as International Public Goods. The user is free to download, print, store and share this work. In case you want to translate or create any other derivative work and share or distribute such translation/derivative work, please contact CIMMYT-Knowledge-Center@cgiar.org indicating the work you want to use and the kind of use you intend; CIMMYT will contact you with the suitable license for that purpose. Open Access PDF Mexico CIMMYT
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CIMMYT
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RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT)
CIMMYT
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RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
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AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT)
CIMMYT
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
CIMMYT Annual Report 2017
description In 2017, CIMMYT and partners were at the center of global responses to several grave challenges to maize and wheat agriculture. In South Asia, we supported the fast-track release by Bangladesh of a new variety that resists wheat blast, a deadly and mysterious disease that appeared for the first time in the region in 2016. In Africa, our staff coordinated with global, regional, and national partners on an integrated strategy to control fall armyworm, a pest from the Americas that since 2016 has devastated over 1.5 million hectares of Africa’s maize. In the Americas, CIMMYT provided Haiti with 150 tons of improved maize seed to assist farmers and replenish emergency reserves as part of the nation’s recovery from the impact of earthquakes, droughts, and hurricanes. Successful resource mobilization this year included exciting new directions and partnerships, such as the agreement with Henan Agricultural University in China, to open a joint maize and wheat research center, or the launch with Nestlé in Mexico of a responsible sourcing collaboration in which thousands of Mexican farmers will use sustainable practices to produce more than some 400,000 tons of maize and wheat. In support of the dynamic new CGIAR research portfolio for 2017-22, CIMMYT is providing leadership and guidance and will oversee the new Excellence in Breeding Platform.
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