CIMMYT
@cimmyt.bsky.social
Science and innovation for a food and nutrition secure world.
Today we don’t celebrate. We commemorate. 💜
We honor those who changed science and support those shaping its future. Science is ours. ✨
We honor those who changed science and support those shaping its future. Science is ours. ✨
February 11, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Today we don’t celebrate. We commemorate. 💜
We honor those who changed science and support those shaping its future. Science is ours. ✨
We honor those who changed science and support those shaping its future. Science is ours. ✨
On #WorldPulsesDay, we highlight the power of pulses: natural climate allies that enrich soils, reduce fertilizer use, and support resilient food systems. 🌱
👉 Read more: https://bit.ly/4rdBfRo
Donate: https://bit.ly/4jDx9z5
👉 Read more: https://bit.ly/4rdBfRo
Donate: https://bit.ly/4jDx9z5
February 10, 2026 at 8:39 PM
On #WorldPulsesDay, we highlight the power of pulses: natural climate allies that enrich soils, reduce fertilizer use, and support resilient food systems. 🌱
👉 Read more: https://bit.ly/4rdBfRo
Donate: https://bit.ly/4jDx9z5
👉 Read more: https://bit.ly/4rdBfRo
Donate: https://bit.ly/4jDx9z5
Scaling agricultural innovation in Nepal 🌱
CIMMYT is helping maize innovations move from local success to systemwide impact. Climate resilient varieties, better practices, mechanization, and market links are reaching more farmers 🌽🚜
Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4chMpQf
CIMMYT is helping maize innovations move from local success to systemwide impact. Climate resilient varieties, better practices, mechanization, and market links are reaching more farmers 🌽🚜
Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4chMpQf
February 10, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Scaling agricultural innovation in Nepal 🌱
CIMMYT is helping maize innovations move from local success to systemwide impact. Climate resilient varieties, better practices, mechanization, and market links are reaching more farmers 🌽🚜
Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4chMpQf
CIMMYT is helping maize innovations move from local success to systemwide impact. Climate resilient varieties, better practices, mechanization, and market links are reaching more farmers 🌽🚜
Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4chMpQf
Partnerships are accelerating climate resilient pearl millet in Senegal 🌱
Through farmer led field trials, CIMMYT is identifying varieties that perform under real dryland conditions and move faster from research to farmers’ fields.
👉 https://bit.ly/4r1dw6G
Through farmer led field trials, CIMMYT is identifying varieties that perform under real dryland conditions and move faster from research to farmers’ fields.
👉 https://bit.ly/4r1dw6G
February 7, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Partnerships are accelerating climate resilient pearl millet in Senegal 🌱
Through farmer led field trials, CIMMYT is identifying varieties that perform under real dryland conditions and move faster from research to farmers’ fields.
👉 https://bit.ly/4r1dw6G
Through farmer led field trials, CIMMYT is identifying varieties that perform under real dryland conditions and move faster from research to farmers’ fields.
👉 https://bit.ly/4r1dw6G
🤝 Stronger together for food security
CIMMYT and #IFPRI have signed a new agreement to accelerate joint research, policy and innovation for more resilient food systems worldwide.
👉 Read more: https://bit.ly/4rw58fs
Support impact-driven science: https://bit.ly/4jDx9z5
CIMMYT and #IFPRI have signed a new agreement to accelerate joint research, policy and innovation for more resilient food systems worldwide.
👉 Read more: https://bit.ly/4rw58fs
Support impact-driven science: https://bit.ly/4jDx9z5
February 4, 2026 at 6:31 PM
🤝 Stronger together for food security
CIMMYT and #IFPRI have signed a new agreement to accelerate joint research, policy and innovation for more resilient food systems worldwide.
👉 Read more: https://bit.ly/4rw58fs
Support impact-driven science: https://bit.ly/4jDx9z5
CIMMYT and #IFPRI have signed a new agreement to accelerate joint research, policy and innovation for more resilient food systems worldwide.
👉 Read more: https://bit.ly/4rw58fs
Support impact-driven science: https://bit.ly/4jDx9z5
🚨 Webinar alert
Building on CLIMARES work across Central and West Asia and North Africa, CIMMYT convenes experts to strengthen wheat resilience through plant genetic resources and soil health.
🌾 Safeguarding Wheat Future
📅 Feb 10 2026 ⏰ 10 am Turkish time
🔗 https://on.cgiar.org/4qgBOse
Building on CLIMARES work across Central and West Asia and North Africa, CIMMYT convenes experts to strengthen wheat resilience through plant genetic resources and soil health.
🌾 Safeguarding Wheat Future
📅 Feb 10 2026 ⏰ 10 am Turkish time
🔗 https://on.cgiar.org/4qgBOse
February 3, 2026 at 7:23 PM
🚨 Webinar alert
Building on CLIMARES work across Central and West Asia and North Africa, CIMMYT convenes experts to strengthen wheat resilience through plant genetic resources and soil health.
🌾 Safeguarding Wheat Future
📅 Feb 10 2026 ⏰ 10 am Turkish time
🔗 https://on.cgiar.org/4qgBOse
Building on CLIMARES work across Central and West Asia and North Africa, CIMMYT convenes experts to strengthen wheat resilience through plant genetic resources and soil health.
🌾 Safeguarding Wheat Future
📅 Feb 10 2026 ⏰ 10 am Turkish time
🔗 https://on.cgiar.org/4qgBOse
Happy Republic Day, #India!
From the Green Revolution to climate-smart farming🌱
60+ years of CIMMYT × India partnership powering:
🌾Better wheat, resilient maize and sustainable agriculture.
Proud of the past. Focused on the future.
From the Green Revolution to climate-smart farming🌱
60+ years of CIMMYT × India partnership powering:
🌾Better wheat, resilient maize and sustainable agriculture.
Proud of the past. Focused on the future.
January 26, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Happy Republic Day, #India!
From the Green Revolution to climate-smart farming🌱
60+ years of CIMMYT × India partnership powering:
🌾Better wheat, resilient maize and sustainable agriculture.
Proud of the past. Focused on the future.
From the Green Revolution to climate-smart farming🌱
60+ years of CIMMYT × India partnership powering:
🌾Better wheat, resilient maize and sustainable agriculture.
Proud of the past. Focused on the future.
We had a special visit to CIMMYT HQ!
CIMMYT welcomed the Embassy of France and the General Association of Maize Producers of France for a strategic exchange on maize genetic diversity, agricultural innovation, and climate adaptation to advance resilient agrifood systems. 🌽🌍
CIMMYT welcomed the Embassy of France and the General Association of Maize Producers of France for a strategic exchange on maize genetic diversity, agricultural innovation, and climate adaptation to advance resilient agrifood systems. 🌽🌍
January 22, 2026 at 9:19 PM
We had a special visit to CIMMYT HQ!
CIMMYT welcomed the Embassy of France and the General Association of Maize Producers of France for a strategic exchange on maize genetic diversity, agricultural innovation, and climate adaptation to advance resilient agrifood systems. 🌽🌍
CIMMYT welcomed the Embassy of France and the General Association of Maize Producers of France for a strategic exchange on maize genetic diversity, agricultural innovation, and climate adaptation to advance resilient agrifood systems. 🌽🌍
Proud to be a key partner of the @wheatinitiative.bsky.social, CIMMYT plays a central role in global wheat research that strengthens food security and supports farmers worldwide.
🔗 https://bit.ly/49I6pst
👉Your support helps feed millions worldwide: https://bit.ly/4jDx9z5
🔗 https://bit.ly/49I6pst
👉Your support helps feed millions worldwide: https://bit.ly/4jDx9z5
January 21, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Proud to be a key partner of the @wheatinitiative.bsky.social, CIMMYT plays a central role in global wheat research that strengthens food security and supports farmers worldwide.
🔗 https://bit.ly/49I6pst
👉Your support helps feed millions worldwide: https://bit.ly/4jDx9z5
🔗 https://bit.ly/49I6pst
👉Your support helps feed millions worldwide: https://bit.ly/4jDx9z5
🌱 The science behind your food is mostly invisible.
But without it, harvests don’t last.
As climate change and declining public investment strain agriculture, CIMMYT’s long-term, open research remains essential worldwide. 🌍
🔗: https://bit.ly/3YKAAdH
👉 Donate today: https://bit.ly/4jDx9z5
But without it, harvests don’t last.
As climate change and declining public investment strain agriculture, CIMMYT’s long-term, open research remains essential worldwide. 🌍
🔗: https://bit.ly/3YKAAdH
👉 Donate today: https://bit.ly/4jDx9z5
January 20, 2026 at 7:06 PM
🌱 The science behind your food is mostly invisible.
But without it, harvests don’t last.
As climate change and declining public investment strain agriculture, CIMMYT’s long-term, open research remains essential worldwide. 🌍
🔗: https://bit.ly/3YKAAdH
👉 Donate today: https://bit.ly/4jDx9z5
But without it, harvests don’t last.
As climate change and declining public investment strain agriculture, CIMMYT’s long-term, open research remains essential worldwide. 🌍
🔗: https://bit.ly/3YKAAdH
👉 Donate today: https://bit.ly/4jDx9z5
⚠️Guess what? CIMMYT is in The New York Times.
The science behind your food is under pressure 😮💨 support us on this global movement and donate now: https://bit.ly/4jDx9z5
🔗 Read the article: https://bit.ly/3YDFoS3
📷 NYT
The science behind your food is under pressure 😮💨 support us on this global movement and donate now: https://bit.ly/4jDx9z5
🔗 Read the article: https://bit.ly/3YDFoS3
📷 NYT
January 15, 2026 at 10:00 PM
⚠️Guess what? CIMMYT is in The New York Times.
The science behind your food is under pressure 😮💨 support us on this global movement and donate now: https://bit.ly/4jDx9z5
🔗 Read the article: https://bit.ly/3YDFoS3
📷 NYT
The science behind your food is under pressure 😮💨 support us on this global movement and donate now: https://bit.ly/4jDx9z5
🔗 Read the article: https://bit.ly/3YDFoS3
📷 NYT
Chili innovation is heating up in Mexico 🌶️
In Puebla, #WorldVeg chili lines deliver strong first harvest results through a CIMMYT-led diversification effort supporting farmers. 👏
WorldVeg’s new LAC Regional Office at #CIMMYT HQ is strengthening this collaboration!
Read more: bit.ly/4sCG9s5
In Puebla, #WorldVeg chili lines deliver strong first harvest results through a CIMMYT-led diversification effort supporting farmers. 👏
WorldVeg’s new LAC Regional Office at #CIMMYT HQ is strengthening this collaboration!
Read more: bit.ly/4sCG9s5
January 12, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Chili innovation is heating up in Mexico 🌶️
In Puebla, #WorldVeg chili lines deliver strong first harvest results through a CIMMYT-led diversification effort supporting farmers. 👏
WorldVeg’s new LAC Regional Office at #CIMMYT HQ is strengthening this collaboration!
Read more: bit.ly/4sCG9s5
In Puebla, #WorldVeg chili lines deliver strong first harvest results through a CIMMYT-led diversification effort supporting farmers. 👏
WorldVeg’s new LAC Regional Office at #CIMMYT HQ is strengthening this collaboration!
Read more: bit.ly/4sCG9s5
Science moves faster when talent is not limited by stereotypes 🔬🌽
At CIMMYT, María Luisa Cabrera Soto is shaping the future of food and nutrition through science. Her journey shows why inclusive science is essential for food security 🌍
Read more: https://bit.ly/48E9bzQ
At CIMMYT, María Luisa Cabrera Soto is shaping the future of food and nutrition through science. Her journey shows why inclusive science is essential for food security 🌍
Read more: https://bit.ly/48E9bzQ
December 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Science moves faster when talent is not limited by stereotypes 🔬🌽
At CIMMYT, María Luisa Cabrera Soto is shaping the future of food and nutrition through science. Her journey shows why inclusive science is essential for food security 🌍
Read more: https://bit.ly/48E9bzQ
At CIMMYT, María Luisa Cabrera Soto is shaping the future of food and nutrition through science. Her journey shows why inclusive science is essential for food security 🌍
Read more: https://bit.ly/48E9bzQ
When women gain access to the right seeds, food systems change 🌱 In Koraput, Odisha, women farmers strengthen agriculture through collective action, quality seed, and shared knowledge, building resilient livelihoods rooted in tradition 🥔🤲
Read more: https://bit.ly/3YwFrii
Read more: https://bit.ly/3YwFrii
December 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
When women gain access to the right seeds, food systems change 🌱 In Koraput, Odisha, women farmers strengthen agriculture through collective action, quality seed, and shared knowledge, building resilient livelihoods rooted in tradition 🥔🤲
Read more: https://bit.ly/3YwFrii
Read more: https://bit.ly/3YwFrii
Better maize starts with better inclusion 🌽 In Zimbabwe, CIMMYT centers women farmers in on farm trials, training, and seed innovation. When science reflects real fields, outcomes improve for all 🌱
Read more: https://bit.ly/49aZGIu
Read more: https://bit.ly/49aZGIu
December 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Better maize starts with better inclusion 🌽 In Zimbabwe, CIMMYT centers women farmers in on farm trials, training, and seed innovation. When science reflects real fields, outcomes improve for all 🌱
Read more: https://bit.ly/49aZGIu
Read more: https://bit.ly/49aZGIu
The land remembers how it is treated 🌱
In Santa Catarina Lachatao, Oaxaca, Fabián Marcos Cano and Tomasa García Pérez combine ancestral knowledge and science to care for their soil, strengthen resilience, and sustain community 🌽🤲🌍
Read more: https://bit.ly/48OP4z7
In Santa Catarina Lachatao, Oaxaca, Fabián Marcos Cano and Tomasa García Pérez combine ancestral knowledge and science to care for their soil, strengthen resilience, and sustain community 🌽🤲🌍
Read more: https://bit.ly/48OP4z7
December 22, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The land remembers how it is treated 🌱
In Santa Catarina Lachatao, Oaxaca, Fabián Marcos Cano and Tomasa García Pérez combine ancestral knowledge and science to care for their soil, strengthen resilience, and sustain community 🌽🤲🌍
Read more: https://bit.ly/48OP4z7
In Santa Catarina Lachatao, Oaxaca, Fabián Marcos Cano and Tomasa García Pérez combine ancestral knowledge and science to care for their soil, strengthen resilience, and sustain community 🌽🤲🌍
Read more: https://bit.ly/48OP4z7
What if maize research truly started with farmers 🌐
Ernest W. Sprague helped make that vision real, shaping CIMMYT’s global maize breeding to serve smallholder farmers. His legacy continues to guide inclusive innovation 🌽
Read more: https://bit.ly/49dbGcv
Ernest W. Sprague helped make that vision real, shaping CIMMYT’s global maize breeding to serve smallholder farmers. His legacy continues to guide inclusive innovation 🌽
Read more: https://bit.ly/49dbGcv
December 20, 2025 at 3:51 AM
What if maize research truly started with farmers 🌐
Ernest W. Sprague helped make that vision real, shaping CIMMYT’s global maize breeding to serve smallholder farmers. His legacy continues to guide inclusive innovation 🌽
Read more: https://bit.ly/49dbGcv
Ernest W. Sprague helped make that vision real, shaping CIMMYT’s global maize breeding to serve smallholder farmers. His legacy continues to guide inclusive innovation 🌽
Read more: https://bit.ly/49dbGcv
When opportunity meets resilience, systems change 👏
After loss and uncertainty, Asma Akter and her daughter Tasin Fahariya transformed a family light engineering workshop into a growing women led enterprise in Bangladesh 🚜
Read more: bit.ly/4iWi3UN
After loss and uncertainty, Asma Akter and her daughter Tasin Fahariya transformed a family light engineering workshop into a growing women led enterprise in Bangladesh 🚜
Read more: bit.ly/4iWi3UN
December 18, 2025 at 2:07 AM
When opportunity meets resilience, systems change 👏
After loss and uncertainty, Asma Akter and her daughter Tasin Fahariya transformed a family light engineering workshop into a growing women led enterprise in Bangladesh 🚜
Read more: bit.ly/4iWi3UN
After loss and uncertainty, Asma Akter and her daughter Tasin Fahariya transformed a family light engineering workshop into a growing women led enterprise in Bangladesh 🚜
Read more: bit.ly/4iWi3UN
🌱 Hope docks in Sudan!
Sustain Africa, with implementing partner @CIMMYT, delivers 37,000 MT of fertilizer + 5,200 MT of seed potatoes, helping farmers restart production and rebuild food security after years of conflict.
https://on.cgiar.org/4qcpPMO
Sustain Africa, with implementing partner @CIMMYT, delivers 37,000 MT of fertilizer + 5,200 MT of seed potatoes, helping farmers restart production and rebuild food security after years of conflict.
https://on.cgiar.org/4qcpPMO
Sustain Africa Supports Fertilizer Deliveries for Agricultural Recovery in Sudan
Port Sudan, Sudan 16th December 2025
Today, Sustain Africa, a pan-African initiative hosted by the International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) —and implementing partner CIMMYT announce the suc...
on.cgiar.org
December 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
🌱 Hope docks in Sudan!
Sustain Africa, with implementing partner @CIMMYT, delivers 37,000 MT of fertilizer + 5,200 MT of seed potatoes, helping farmers restart production and rebuild food security after years of conflict.
https://on.cgiar.org/4qcpPMO
Sustain Africa, with implementing partner @CIMMYT, delivers 37,000 MT of fertilizer + 5,200 MT of seed potatoes, helping farmers restart production and rebuild food security after years of conflict.
https://on.cgiar.org/4qcpPMO
World class genomics meets mission driven science! 🧬 #CIMMYT and #KAUST formalize a new partnership to accelerate genomic and data driven innovation, strengthen research capacity, and deliver resilient crops that support global food security🌱
Read more: https://bit.ly/4pyzSvI
Read more: https://bit.ly/4pyzSvI
December 16, 2025 at 9:05 AM
World class genomics meets mission driven science! 🧬 #CIMMYT and #KAUST formalize a new partnership to accelerate genomic and data driven innovation, strengthen research capacity, and deliver resilient crops that support global food security🌱
Read more: https://bit.ly/4pyzSvI
Read more: https://bit.ly/4pyzSvI
A powerful meeting in #Karnataka advanced climate resilient agriculture!🌾
#CIMMYT and state leaders explored ways to boost farmer resilience with stress tolerant maize, regenerative agriculture and digital tools.
We are turning #science into #impact 🔬
#CIMMYT and state leaders explored ways to boost farmer resilience with stress tolerant maize, regenerative agriculture and digital tools.
We are turning #science into #impact 🔬
December 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
A powerful meeting in #Karnataka advanced climate resilient agriculture!🌾
#CIMMYT and state leaders explored ways to boost farmer resilience with stress tolerant maize, regenerative agriculture and digital tools.
We are turning #science into #impact 🔬
#CIMMYT and state leaders explored ways to boost farmer resilience with stress tolerant maize, regenerative agriculture and digital tools.
We are turning #science into #impact 🔬
What happens when tradition meets innovation?🌽🔬
In a Mexico Business News op-ed, CIMMYT’s DG Bram Govaerts shows how smallholder farmers turn milpa wisdom into resilience and empowerment by blending ancestral practices with science.🌎
Read more: bit.ly/4pUjxRJ
In a Mexico Business News op-ed, CIMMYT’s DG Bram Govaerts shows how smallholder farmers turn milpa wisdom into resilience and empowerment by blending ancestral practices with science.🌎
Read more: bit.ly/4pUjxRJ
December 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
What happens when tradition meets innovation?🌽🔬
In a Mexico Business News op-ed, CIMMYT’s DG Bram Govaerts shows how smallholder farmers turn milpa wisdom into resilience and empowerment by blending ancestral practices with science.🌎
Read more: bit.ly/4pUjxRJ
In a Mexico Business News op-ed, CIMMYT’s DG Bram Govaerts shows how smallholder farmers turn milpa wisdom into resilience and empowerment by blending ancestral practices with science.🌎
Read more: bit.ly/4pUjxRJ
What happens when farmers drive the demand? 🌱
#CIMMYT is seeing it firsthand in Niassa, Mozambique, where 113 farmer groups are testing improved seed and learning to access quality suppliers.
Growing demand is energizing local actors and building stronger seed markets. 🌾🤝
#CIMMYT is seeing it firsthand in Niassa, Mozambique, where 113 farmer groups are testing improved seed and learning to access quality suppliers.
Growing demand is energizing local actors and building stronger seed markets. 🌾🤝
December 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
What happens when farmers drive the demand? 🌱
#CIMMYT is seeing it firsthand in Niassa, Mozambique, where 113 farmer groups are testing improved seed and learning to access quality suppliers.
Growing demand is energizing local actors and building stronger seed markets. 🌾🤝
#CIMMYT is seeing it firsthand in Niassa, Mozambique, where 113 farmer groups are testing improved seed and learning to access quality suppliers.
Growing demand is energizing local actors and building stronger seed markets. 🌾🤝
A new era for crop improvement is taking root in #Senegal 🌱 #CIMMYT and partners opened a greenhouse in Bambey to speed breeding of resilient dryland crops across West and Central Africa 🌍 Boosting science and supporting farmers.
More: https://bit.ly/48l2v9A
More: https://bit.ly/48l2v9A
December 5, 2025 at 10:49 PM
A new era for crop improvement is taking root in #Senegal 🌱 #CIMMYT and partners opened a greenhouse in Bambey to speed breeding of resilient dryland crops across West and Central Africa 🌍 Boosting science and supporting farmers.
More: https://bit.ly/48l2v9A
More: https://bit.ly/48l2v9A