| Abstract |
CIMMYT's primary research thrust is to assist crop scientists from developing countries to produce improved maize, wheat, and triticale varieties that are capable of high and dependable yields on farmers' fields. Priority is given to developing germplasm with improved disease and insect resistance, tolerance to drought and other environmental stresses and, in the case of triticale, improved grain quality. In addition to its crop research programs, CIMMYT is heavily engaged in training-related activities. Most of CIMMYT formal training courses are aimed at strengthening the scientific skills of relatively recent agricultural graduates who hold middle-level positions in their home country institutes. However, a wide range of other training opportunities also is offered. To better support and complement the research and training efforts of hundreds of collaborating national programs, CIMMYT has posted 37 senior scientific staff to regional and national program assignments in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Reported here are highlights of CIMMYT's 1984 activities in research, training and communications, and consultation. Additional detail about the Center's research program of work are found in the 1 984 CIMMYT Research Highlights and in the more than 120 technical reports and information bulletins that have been published by the Center over the last five years. CIMMYT's organizational structure consists of three research programsMaize, Wheat and Economics-which are responsible for research and training activities in Mexico and for their respective regional and national staff assigned to Africa, Asia, and Latin America. These research programs are supported by three research support units-Experiment Stations, Laboratories, and Data Processing-as well as by staff involved in General Administration and Information Services. The experiment station staff are responsible for the land and input management requirements of CIMMYT's breeding programs at five principal research stations in Mexico. Four of these stations-El Baan, Poza Rica, Tlaltizapan and Toluca - are owned by CIMMYT. The fifth station, CIANO, located in northwest Mexico at Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, is owned and operated by INIA, Mexico's national agricultural research institute. CIMMYT's laboratories include facilities for milling and baking evaluations, protein quality evaluations, soil plant tissue analyses, cytology and pathology studies, and insect mass rearing. The Center's new data processing facility represents a major capital investment, and provides a modern data processing and computer center to serve CIMMYT's research and administrative requirements. |
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