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CIMMYT around the world
With projects in 88 countries, CIMMYT collaborates with hundreds of partners and is part of the global network of CGIAR Research Centers, delivering science for a food and nutrition secure future.
CIMMYT global headquarters
Carretera México-Veracruz, Km. 45, El Batán 56237 Texcoco, Mexico
Morocco
China
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing 100081, China
Turkey
Gayret Mahallesi Sehit Cem Ersever Caddesi 9/11, Tarla Bitkileri Arastirma Enstitusu, 06170, Yenimahalle, Ankara, Turkey
Egypt
Senegal
Nigeria
Malawi
Tanzania
Zambia
Pakistan
Crop Sciences Institute (CSI) Complex, National Agricultural Research Center (NARC), Park Road, Islamabad, Pakistan
Nepal
Agriculture Botany Division – 1st floor, NARC Research Station, Khumaltar, Lalitpur 44700, Nepal
India
G2, B Block, National Agricultural Science Centre Complex (NASC), Dev Prakash Shastri Marg, New Delhi, Delhi 110012, India
88 Countries where we have presence*
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Angola
- Australia
- Argentina
- Austria
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
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- Chile
- Congo (Brazaville)
- Costa Rica
- Cote d’Ivoire
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- DRC
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- Germany
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- Honduras
- Indonesia
- Iran**
- Ireland
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- Laos
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- Maldives
- Mali
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Peru
- Philippines
- Rwanda
- Singapore
- Spain
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Trinidad & Tobago
- UAE
- USA
- Uganda
- United Kingdom
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Vietnam