CIMMYT works in Ethiopia to develop and deliver improved, climate-resilient maize and wheat varieties. It aims to sustainably increase productivity of these crops while enhancing adoption of technologies. Current projects address issues like drought tolerance, nutrition, and sustainable intensification. CIMMYT partners with various Ethiopian organizations, including the Agricultural Transformation Agency and Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research. Progress includes 70% of Ethiopian wheat and 52% of maize varieties containing CIMMYT germplasm, strengthened seed systems, and established climate databases.

1. CIMMYT in Ethiopia
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CGIAR is a global research partnership for a food secure future
Priorities
• Develop and deliver improved and climate resilient maize and
wheat varieties
• Sustainably increase the productivity of maize and wheat systems
• Enhance the adoption and impact of maize and wheat
technologies
• Address the emerging challenges of global climate change and
resource degradation, and scarcities in maize and wheat systems
• Work with and build the capacity of the national research system
• Foster global and local food security
Current projects
• Adoption and impact pathways
• Develop durable rust resistant wheat
• Seed multiplication and scaling up of improved wheat varieties
• Drought tolerant maize for Africa
• Nutritious maize for Ethiopia
• Sustainable intensification of maize-legume cropping systems for
food security in eastern and southern Africa
• Drought tolerant maize seed scaling
• Taking maize agronomy to scale in Africa
• Climate change, agriculture and food security
• Integrated agricultural production andfoodsecurityforecasting systems
• Farmpowerandconservation agriculture forsustainable intensification
• DNA fingerprinting of maize and wheat varieties
• Africa RISING
• Global yield gap atlas
• Trees for food security
Partners
Agricultural Transformation Agency, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, farmer cooperatives and unions, Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, higher education institutes, Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources,
other CGIAR centres, regional agricultural research institutes, seed enterprises, etc.
Progress in Ethiopia
• 70% of the wheat and 52% of the maize varieties released in
Ethiopia have CIMMYT germplasm
• Maize and wheat seed systems have been strengthened
• Sustainable intensification technologies are being tested in
different parts of Ethiopia
• Adoption and impact of maize and wheat technologies are
been documented
• Yield gaps are known and mapped for the major cereal crops in
the country
• National climate databases have been established and climate
smart technologies are being evaluated
• A wheat rust trucking and monitoring system is operational
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1970-1979 1980-1989 1990-1999 2000-2009 2010-2014 Total
Total Wheat varieties released Varieties with CIMMYT Origin
Wheat 70%
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1970-1979 1980-1989 1990-1999 2000-2009 2010-2014 Total
Total Maize varieties released Varieties with CIMMYT origin
Maize 52%
Varieties released
with NARs
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March 2016