The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (in Spanish: Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo, CIMMYT)'s a non-profit research and training institution dedicated to both the development of improved varieties of wheat and maize, and introducing improved agricultural practices to farmers, thereby improving their livelihoods.. World Hunger, Poverty and how CIMMYT programs and units Global Wheat Program Wheat's the number 2 staple crop in the developing world, supplies… (More on Cimmyt)