On 19 September CIMMYT-El Batán held the eighth annual Open House for 300 Mexican students from the states of Puebla, Querétaro, Michoacán, Guadalajara, Guanajuato, State of Mexico and Distrito Federal. Students visited CIMMYT field demonstration plots of Maize, Wheat and Conservation Agriculture, and visited the Wellhausen-Anderson Plant Genetic Resources Center and the biosciences complex (biotechnology, maize and wheat nutrition and quality labs).

Participating universities include:

• Universidad de Guadalajara
• Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
• Universidad de Querétaro
• Universidad Autónoma de Chapingo
• Universidad Tecnológica de San Miguel de Allende
• Centro de Bachillerato Tecnológico (CBT)
• Universidad Nacional Autónoma
• Colegio de Postgraduados
• Universidad Tecnológica de Tehuacán
• Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores Monterrey, Campus Morelia