Editors-in-chief

Marcia MacNeil, Rodrigo Ordóñez

Project coordination

Leslie Domínguez, Sarah Fernandes, Marta Millere

Layout and design

Marcelo Ortiz, Eleusis Llanderal

Web development

Ricardo López

Writers and editors

Beatriz Ciordia, Ricardo Curiel, Leslie Domínguez, Alison Doody, Sarah Fernandes, Celine Lim, G. Michael Listman, Marcia MacNeil, Steven McCutcheon, Sarah McLaughlin, Emma Orchardson

Illustrations

Angel Aguilar

Contributors

Alison Bentley, Yoseph Beyene, Giovanni Covarrubias, Susanne Dreisigacker, Andrea Gardeazábal, Keith Gardner, Sarah Hearne, Maria Itria Ibba, Hannes Karwat, Santiago López-Ridaura, Janet Marie Lewis, Natalia Palacios, Francisco Pinto Espinosa, Kevin Pixley, B.M. Prasanna, Matthew Reynolds, Tek Sapkota, Deepmala Sehgal, Sieglinde Snapp, Rabe Yahaya, Md. Zakaria Hasan

Photography

Francisco Alarcón, Shiela Chikulo, Nima Chodon, Alfonso Cortés, Michelle DeFreese, Dreamstime.com, Marc Ellis, Xochil Fonseca, IPBB, Peter Lowe, Lumbini Seed Company, Ranak Martin, Gerardo Mejía, Rocío Quiroz, Cristian Reyna, Silvia Rico, Deepmala Sehgal, Anne Wangalachi, CIMMYT Archives

Correct citation

CIMMYT. 2022. From Discovery to Scaling Up. CIMMYT Annual Report 2021. CDMX, Mexico: CIMMYT.

AGROVOC descriptors:

Maize; Wheat; Plant breeding; Genetic resources; Innovation adoption; Plant biotechnology; Seed production; Food security; Sustainability; Research policies; Economic analysis; Cropping systems; Agricultural research; Organization of research; Developing countries. Additional Keywords: CIMMYT. AGRIS category codes: A50 Agricultural Research; A01 Agriculture– General Aspects. Dewey decimal classification: 630

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ACDI/VOCA

Agricultural Cooperative Development International/ Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance

AGG

Accelerating Genetic Gains in Maize and Wheat project

AIM4C

Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate initiative

AVISA

Accelerated Varietal Improvement and Seed Delivery of Legumes and Cereals in Africa project

BBSRC

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council of the United Kingdom

BISA

Borlaug Institute for South Asia

BNI

Biological nitrification inhibition

CCAFS

CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

CGIAR

(Formerly the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research)

CIAT

International Center for Tropical Agriculture (Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical)

CIMMYT

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo)

COVID-19

Coronavirus Disease 2019

CSISA

Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia

DNA

DeoxyriboNucleic Acid

EIAR

Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research

FFAR

Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research

GIZ

German Agency for International Cooperation (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH)

HTMA

Heat Tolerant Maize for Asia project

IASI

Integrated Agri-Food System Initiative methodology

ICAR

Indian Council of Agricultural Research

ICARDA

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

IDRC

International Development Research Centre

IITA

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

IPBB

Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Kazakhstan

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IRRI

International Rice Research Institute

IWIN

International Wheat Improvement Network

IWWIP

International Winter Wheat Improvement Program

JIRCAS

Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences

LPIN

Livestock Production for Improved Nutrition activity

LTP

Linked Topcross Population

MAIZE

CGIAR Research Program on Maize

N2O

Nitrous oxide

NDVI

Normalized Difference Vegetation Index

NMRP

National Maize Research Program, Nepal

SADER

Mexico’s Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (Secretaría de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural)

SDS

Sodium dodecyl sulfate

UAS-R

University of Agriculture Sciences, Raichur

UN

United Nations

UNFCCC

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

WHEAT

CGIAR Research Program on Wheat

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Unless otherwise indicated, all currencies are expressed in U.S. dollars

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