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Capacity Development for Wheat Improvement at CIMMYT
1. 2012 Borlaug Global Rust Initiative Technical Workshop
Session 2: Achieving Resistance to Rusts
Capacity development for wheat improvement
at CIMMYT
Amor Yahyaoui, Laura Ruiz and Petr Kosina
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2. 2012 Borlaug Global Rust Initiative Technical Workshop
Capacity development for wheat improvement
at CIMMYT
授人以鱼不如授人以渔
Si siembra un buena semilla,
tendrá una mejor cosecha
زرعوا فأکلنا و نزرعوا فىأکلون
..
“A good teacher is like a candle –
it consumes itself to light the way for others
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3. 2012 Borlaug Global Rust Initiative Technical Workshop
Training at other international centers
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5. 2012 Borlaug Global Rust Initiative Technical Workshop
Capacity development for wheat improvement at CIMMYT
CIMMYT’s Global Wheat Program has a
long and distinguished history of training
plant breeders and continues to reinforce
training at different levels to address the
needs of the world wheat community
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6. 2012 Borlaug Global Rust Initiative Technical Workshop
Capacity development for wheat improvement at CIMMYT
What makes CIMMYT Capacity building & knowledge sharing different?
In contrast to formal academic training, CIMMYT training
activities are highly specialized and ‘hands-on’,
Training program combines practical experience in the everyday
processes of wheat research and the theoretical knowledge to
support their actions,
Course participants develop and sharpen researcher skills in
conducting efficient research that responds to the challenging
circumstances of developing countries.
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7. 2012 Borlaug Global Rust Initiative Technical Workshop
Capacity development for wheat improvement at CIMMYT
What makes CIMMYT Capacity building & knowledge sharing different?
CIMMYT offers a global perspective.
Researchers who attend CIMMYT courses benefit from the mass of
information and data assembled and handled in a global research
program.
CIMMYT has been providing human capacity building with success
for the last 30 years.
More than 10,000 researchers from around the world are alumni of
CIMMYT’s various human resource development efforts,
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8. 2012 Borlaug Global Rust Initiative Technical Workshop
Recommendation # 7
Because knowledge, skills and hands-on
experience on various aspects of stem
rust research and management are
required by all personnel, including
technical support staff,
the Panel recommends that a training
program, including advanced degree
training for those associated with the
project, in-country practical courses and
specialized in-service courses outside the
country to strengthen the capacity of
national partners, be implemented to
augment the current human resource
base
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9. 2012 Borlaug Global Rust Initiative Technical Workshop
Wheat Improvement Training at CIMMYT
Number of participants & Countries
50 No. countries
45 No. participants
40
Educational level PhD
35
Educational level MSc
30
25 Educational level BSc
20
15
10
5
0
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Year
Period Countries Total PhD MSc. BSc.
8 years 4-19/Yr 168 54 79 35
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10. 2012 Borlaug Global Rust Initiative Technical Workshop
Capacity development for wheat improvement at CIMMYT
General objectives
Throughout its history since 1966, CIMMYT has sought to
enhance the human resources available for agricultural research
related to its own objectives
.
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11. 2012 Borlaug Global Rust Initiative Technical Workshop
Capacity development for wheat improvement at CIMMYT
General objectives
To impart research skills and knowledge
needed to design and run sustainable
modern wheat improvement program with
specific objective;
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12. 2012 Borlaug Global Rust Initiative Technical Workshop
Capacity development for wheat improvement at CIMMYT
General objectives
To familiarize with new improved wheat
germplasm, CIMMYT’s current research
and breeding thrusts and provide
opportunity to select wheat materials that
will be sent to participants;
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13. 2012 Borlaug Global Rust Initiative Technical Workshop
Capacity development for wheat improvement at CIMMYT
General objectives
To encourage and develop participants’
ability to synthesize and use information
and knowledge about new technologies
related to wheat improvement;
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14. 2012 Borlaug Global Rust Initiative Technical Workshop
Capacity development for wheat improvement at CIMMYT
General objectives
Improve participants’ awareness of the
roles and importance of support
disciplines such as pathology, wheat
chemistry/quality, statistics, physiology,
biotechnology, GIS, social sciences,
and agronomy;
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15. 2012 Borlaug Global Rust Initiative Technical Workshop
Capacity development for wheat improvement at CIMMYT
General objectives
To foster positive attitudinal changes
among participants such as improved
confidence, increased motivation, and
heightened appreciation of the benefits
of team work, and interdisciplinary
research, and international cooperation
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16. 2012 Borlaug Global Rust Initiative Technical Workshop
Capacity development for wheat improvement at CIMMYT
Wheat Improvement Course
The fast development of information technologies and their
availability worldwide offers many new tools for knowledge
To address the needs of national research programs
CIMMYT’s Global Wheat Program has established two annual
training courses:
Basic wheat improvement course - Junior scientists
Advanced wheat improvement course- Mid-career scientists
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17. Capacity development for wheat improvement at CIMMYT
Basic Wheat Improvement Course
Basic wheat improvement course
30 (2005-2012)
Number participants & Countries
Countries
25
Total
20
Male
15 Female
10
5
0
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Year
Countries Total Male Female
4-17 115 98 17
Degree PhD MSc. BSc.
27 59 29
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18. Capacity development for wheat improvement at CIMMYT
Basic Wheat Improvement Course
Profile of the trainees
Junior scientists (<40yrs old) associated with national research programs;
and graduate students (ex. WIT, Beachell-Borlaug Fellows, other fellowships)
Candidates should be MSc degree holders or BSc and Diploma holders with
more than 5 years’ experience
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19. Capacity development for wheat improvement at CIMMYT
Basic Wheat Improvement Course
Course specific objectives
The course planned for 70% field research & 30% lectures & visits
Major focus of the course is on breeding methodologies
General reviews on plant breeding, pathology, physiology, wheat
quality, and biotechnology.
Introduction to the agronomy program: conservation agriculture
project activities, irrigation systems, fertilizer management, and seed
production.
Visits to research laboratories: wheat quality research, pathology,
seed health, genetic resources, and biometrics
Visit to national program (INIFAP), famers’ field, State Irrigation
district, and seed production farms
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20. Capacity development for wheat improvement at CIMMYT
Advanced Wheat Improvement Course
Profile of the trainees
Candidates should be mid-career scientists (<50yrs old) to include
new PhD recruits among national programs
Course specific objectives
This course (AWIPC) aims at addressing collaborating scientists needs to:
(1) discuss / practice latest innovation in wheat improvement and,
(2) strengthen links with national program and collaborating institution
on basic and applied research on various wheat improvement aspects
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21. Capacity development for wheat improvement at CIMMYT
Advanced Wheat Improvement Course
Advanced wheat improvement course
2010-2012
Numbers of countries, participants
25
2010
20 2011
2012
15
10
5
0
Countries Total Male Female
Countries Total Male Female
4-17 45 36 9
Degree PhD MSc. BSc.
21 18 6
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22. Capacity development for wheat improvement at CIMMYT
Advanced Wheat Improvement Course
Advanced wheat improvement course offers various modules
(Updated regularly and as needed) and include
Module 1: General training
Module 2: Wheat pathology
Module 3: Wheat breeding
Module 4: Molecular breeding
Module 5: Wheat physiology
Module 6: Wheat quality…
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23. Capacity development for wheat improvement at CIMMYT
Resource trainers/Contributors
CIMMYT’s scientists from headquarters and regional
programs
Visiting scientists and professors
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24. Capacity development for wheat improvement at CIMMYT
Graduate training
Degree students (MSc. & PhD)
40
Number: countries & students
35 Country
Total
30
Male
25
Female
20
15
10
5
0
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Year
Total (2005-2012! ): 139 (61% Male, 39% Female
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25. Capacity development for wheat improvement at CIMMYT
Acknowledgment
The funding support provided by various donors/programs:
USDA, FAO, CIMMYT Projects (IWWIP, CSISA, Iran, Afghanistan),
Cornell DRRW project, national programs of the countries of Egypt,
Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, Italy, and China,
Universities sponsoring graduate students mainly the Beachell-Borlaug
scholar program,
Support that allowed training of 168 junior and mid-career scientists
from 34 countries
In-Country/Regional Courses
Special training courses are also offered by CIMMYT’s regional staff
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26. Capacity development for wheat improvement at CIMMYT
CIMMYT believes trained young
scientists are the key to the future
of national research programs.
CIMMYT provides two important
products:
improved genetic materials and
trained people
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27. 谢谢
Thank You
THANK YOU
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