Inicio la semana en el Campo Experimental Norman E. #Borlaug #CENEB en Ciudad Obregón dando la bienvenida a los participantes del Curso Internacional de Mejoramiento de Trigo. ¡Cuento con ustedes para seguir resolviendo hoy los problemas del mañana! CIMMYT INIFAP PIEAES, A.C.

At #FieldDay2025 at #CENEB, heartfelt applause to Teresa Rodríguez, Global Wheat Program Administrator; Abeyo Bekele, CIMMYT #Ethiopia Country Representative; & Arun K. Joshi, BISA Managing Director, for their work benefiting farmers worldwide through CIMMYT. We will miss them!

Thanks for joining #FieldDay2025🌾 at #CENEB in Ciudad Obregon! Over the past five years, #CIMMYT has boosted wheat zinc concentration from 40-45 ppm without compromising yield. This gathering was also a moment to honor contributions that continue to inspire future generations.✨

#Wheat is #Ethiopia’s second most important staple crop. Discover how CIMMYT is enhancing its production in irrigated lowlands with stress-tolerant varieties, modern mechanization, and farmer capacity building to strengthen #foodsecurity. bit.ly/3Ee8wsh

Great talk from Lee Hickey UQ News and Awais Rasheed CIMMYT on Speed Breeding and Modern genotyping technology at #WIC25! These innovations are accelerating genetic gains and shaping the Next Generation of wheat breeding. 🌾✨ #SpeedBreeding #GenomicSelection #WIC25

Many thanks to Daily Nation for covering our research on wheat during the #CGIAR Science Week!@CIMMYT, CGIAR

🌾 #CIMMYT’s GWP Director, Dr. Flavio Breseghello, met with @EIAR leaders during his visit to Ethiopia to strengthen our shared mission: scaling successes in wheat production. Together, we’re driving sustainable #FoodSecurity. #InvestInImpact #WheatForEthiopia 🤝

Good to meet colleagues from CIMMYT. ### CIMMYT delegates meet EIAR and EBI senior managemnt ... discuased future collaboration/Networking ### May 20/2025

PARTNERSHIP MATTERS! Just wrapped up a 4-day workshop on the "Breeding analytics community of practice for East-Africa networked breeding and use of genomic data in breeding" Velu Govindan Sridhar Bhavani -Wheat breeding and rusts CIMMYT Habtemariam Zegeye @CIMMYT Science & innovation for a food & nutrition secure world!

Honoring global impact: Dr. Velu Govindan (Velu Govindan) of CIMMYT has earned the The Crawford Fund's 2025 Derek Tribe Award for his exceptional contributions to agricultural research and its application in developing countries. crawfordfund.org/news/2025-dere…

International collaboration is critical for safeguarding global #Wheat production against the devastating impact of #RUST CIMMYT The potential impact of yellow rust disease on Irish wheat production agriland.ie/farming-news/t… #agriland

Wheat fields CIMMYT Toluca this season with good emergence & making use of cold and wet conditions over the past 2 weeks. Great progress with the rapid breeding methods with the use of controlled growth facilities for crossing & advancements

Kicked off the China Media Visit to CGIAR in Nairobi! The delegation includes senior journalists from leading Chinese media, representatives from Tsinghua University, and observers from the Gates Foundation. CIMMYT

🌾 South–South Collaboration in Action!

#FactOfTheDay: CIMMYT was established in 1966 and has been hosted by Mexico since then. In Mexico, 95% of improved wheat seeds come from CIMMYT materials. Let’s solve tomorrow’s problems today! bit.ly/3TIXzmW

More than just a crop, #wheat is key to global food security. 🌾🌎 Understanding its structure helps #CIMMYT advance research and develop wheat breeding strategies to withstand climate change. #CIMMYT #WheatBreeding 🔗 bit.ly/4oO3XYh

Aerial view of the Lake Chad Research Institute's rainfed wheat research farm located in Jos Plateau, Nigeria. ICARDA CIMMYT Wheat Initiative Sen. Abubakar Kyari, CON Filippo Bassi Tadesse Wuletaw Velu Govindan Zerihun Tadesse🌱🍞 Sridhar Bhavani -Wheat breeding and rusts @CIMMYT ACIAR The Crop Trust Flour Milling Association of Nigeria (FMAN) Crown Flour Mill Ltd

Happy #EthiopianNewYear! 🎉 CIMMYT, we’re proud to celebrate our journey with Ethiopian farmers since 1987. Read these inspiring testimonies from the field showcasing the benefits of #ClimateSmartAgriculture. bit.ly/4mZDkyg #Enkutatash!

Velu Govindan Velu Govindan, Wheat Breeder CIMMYT, recently joined a 4-day training program by SAARC Agriculture Centre on “Exploitation of Cutting-edge Techs for Yield Enhancement & Genetic Purity of Seed.” He shared insights on Cutting-edge Agrotechs in #SouthAsia. bit.ly/425Rky9 🇧🇩

From improved germplasm to hybrid breakthroughs... Ethiopia’s wheat transformation continues! 🌾 #EIAR DG Prof. Nigussie Dechassa applauded #CIMMYT and partners for helping farmers harvest over 3 tons of wheat per hectare, driving national wheat self-sufficiency.