CIMMYT
About CIMMYT
CIMMYT (the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center / Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo) is a non-profit international agricultural research and training organization focused on maize, wheat and related cereal and dryland crops, primarily in the Global South. It is a research center within the CGIAR global research partnership and works through partnerships to improve the productivity, sustainability and resilience of smallholder farming systems.
Industry
Agricultural research (research services)
Headquarters
El Batán, State of Mexico
Company size
CIMMYT states it has 1,837 staff of 58 nationalities; LinkedIn lists the company size band as 51-200 employees
Founded
1966
What we do
Maize researchWheat researchDryland cropsGenetic resourcesSustainable agrifood systems
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