International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Centre international d'amélioration du maïs et du blé
Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo (CIMMYT)
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Contact Details
Main: http://www.cimmyt.org/
Dataverse Network: http://data.cimmyt.org/dvn/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CIMMYT
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CIMMYT
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/CIMMYTint
Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/CIMMYT
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cimmyt
Founded
1966 Mexico City Mexico
History
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Improve livelihoods and foster more productive, sustainable maize and wheat farming throughout the developing world, specifically targeting food insecurity and malnutrition, climate change and environmental degradation.
Events
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Member of: E-XJ0805 - Intergovernmental Organizations Conference (IGO Conference); F-XF6349 - International Information System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology (AGRIS). Part of CGIAR consortium of 15 agricultural research centres, including: D-XD4477 - Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), Bouak (Cte d'Ivoire); H-XE3150 - Bioversity International, Rome (Italy); E-XE5928 - International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA); E-XE2297 - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi (Kenya); E-XE2417 - International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Manila (Philippines). Links with: D-XD3559 - Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI); C-XC0359 - CABI; U-XG5650 - Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA); E-XE0151 - FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RAP); E-XE1083 - Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA); E-XE3382 - UNDP; G-XG2898 - United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Participates in: F-XF8416 - Agricultural Libraries Network (AGLINET); F-XM6699 - International Plant Phenotyping Network (IPPN). Cooperates with the other CGIAR supported centres: E-XE3089 - Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor (Indonesia); U-XE4637 - International Centre for Tropical Agriculture, Cali (Colombia); E-XE6331 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DC (USA); E-XE4109 - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan (Nigeria); E-XE4103 - International Potato Center, Lima (Peru); E-XE0387 - International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Rajagiriya (Sri Lanka); E-XD6784 - World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Nairobi (Kenya); E-XE5021 - WorldFish, Manila (Philippines). Instrumental in setting up: H-XD1861 - Association of Maize Researchers in Africa (AMRA); U-XK1558 - Eastern and Central Africa Maize and Wheat Network (ECAMAW). Links with: D-XM0425 - African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF); D-XD5643 - Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA); E-XJ1566 - Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI); F-XF8607 - Farm Radio International; F-XF0239 - Ford Foundation; E-XC4494 - International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE); C-XD2185 - International Triticale Association (ITA); F-XF3960 - International Triticeae Mapping Initiative (ITMI); F-XF5555 - Rice-Wheat Consortium for the Indo-Gangetic Plains (RWC); F-XF1885 - The Rockefeller Foundation; E-XM4498 - Wheat Initiative.
- Member of: Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)
- Member of: UNESCO Network of Associated Libraries (UNAL)
- Member of: Whole Grain Initiative (WGI)
- Member of: World Association of Agronomists (WAA)(Associate)
Publications
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UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XE0270
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