News from Accelerating Genetic Gains (AGG) project

AGG has just published its second, quarterly newsletter, where early success stories of the most ambitious maize and wheat project led by the International Maize and Wheat Research Center (CIMMYT) have been curated.

This issue focuses on capacity building-initiatives, technical updates from our wheat research, a look at the legacy of our maize research, and an update on our partnership and management activities. We also give a fond farewell to our Global Wheat Program director, Hans-Joachim Braun, who retired this month after nearly 40 years with CIMMYT, and enthusiastically welcome our new director, Alison Bentley.

We look forward to continued and growing progress achieving our goals for the world’s farmers and consumers of maize and wheat. If you have not yet subscribed to the quarterly newsletter, sign up here or click the button below.

Accelerating Genetic Gains in Maize and Wheat for Improved Livelihoods (AGG) brings together partners in the global science community and in national agricultural research and extension systems to accelerate the development of higher-yielding varieties of maize and wheat — two of the world’s most important staple crops. 

Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR), AGG fuses innovative methods that improve breeding efficiency and precision to produce and deliver high-yielding varieties that are climate-resilient, pest- and disease-resistant, highly nutritious, and targeted to farmers’ specific needs. Visit the AGG Webpage.