The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center – better known by its Spanish-language acronym CIMMYT, from Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo – is a Mexico-based non-profit research institute dedicated to the development of improved varieties of wheat and maize. Its main agricultural testing facilities and administrative headquarters are located at El Batán near Texcoco in México state, some 25 km east of Mexico City. One of its researche… (More on Cimmyt)