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Accelerating Genetic Gains in Maize & Wheat for Improved Livelihoods 

Year Awarded  2020

FFAR award amount   $5,000,000

Total award amount   $35,000,000

Location   Texcoco, Mexico

Matching Funders   Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CIMMYT

Grantee Institution   CIMMYT

Millions of resource-poor farmers have not benefited from the best agriculture science and research, often growing outdated, sub-optimal crop varieties. Socially or economically disadvantaged groups, particularly women, are least likely to have access to information and new technologies, including seed of improved varieties. The project brings together partners in the global science community and in national agricultural research to accelerate the development of climate-resilient, pest and disease resistant, highly nutritious and higher-yielding varieties of maize and wheat, two of the world's most important staple crops. Specifically focusing on supporting smallholder farmers in 17 low- and middle-income countries of Africa and South Asia, the project uses innovative methods that improve breeding efficiency and precision to produce varieties targeted to farmers’ needs. To reach and benefit as many farmers as possible, the project works to improve equitable access, especially by women, to seed and information about the new varieties.

Research is Critical to Preventing the Next Pandemic 

Portrait of Tim Kurt.

Tim Kurt, DVM

Scientific Program Director, October 2016- September 2022 Advanced Animal Systems

Vitamin A, Healthy Cows and Less Antibiotics 

Portrait of Strickland.

Jaime Strickland

2018-2021 FFAR Fellow

FFAR Funds Veterinary Research to Address Pandemic Diseases 

Harnessing Translational Research Across a Global Wheat Improvement Network for Climate Resilience 

Year Awarded  2020

FFAR award amount   $5,000,000

Total award amount   $17,000,000

Location   Texcoco, Mexico

Matching Funders   Accelerating Genetic Gains for Maize and Wheat, CGIAR Research Program on Wheat

Grantee Institution   CIMMYT

Hotter and drier weather, driven by a changing climate, threatens the global wheat supply. The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is leading the Heat and Drought Wheat Improvement Consortium (HeDWIC) to develop wheat designed to ensure the crop’s long-term climate resilience.

Technology to screen for higher-yielding crop traits is now more accessible to scientists 

Photosynthesis varies greatly across rice cultivars— natural diversity could boost yields 

FFAR and AAVMC Seek Nominations for 2020 Vet Fellowship 

Boost Soybean Yields by Adapting Photosynthesis to Fleeting Shadows, According to Model 

USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation Sponsors $200,000 for FFAR-Funded Research that Benefits the Poultry Industry