Letter to the Editor: Borlaug's Center Should Be Named
FrontLines - December-January 2009-10
Just writing to congratulate
you on the well-written tribute
to Dr. Borlaug on page one in
the October ‘09 FrontLines
(“Borlaug, Father of Green
Revolution, Dies”).
I was somewhat surprised
not to see specific mention of
CIMMYT [Spanish acronym
for the International Maize
and Wheat Improvement
Center] by name in the
article, although there were
two mentions of “a corn and
wheat research institute near
Mexico City.”
Dr. Borlaug worked
roughly four decades at
CIMMYT—including the
time when he launched the
Green Revolution and won
the Nobel Prize. He was out
selecting on the CIMMYT
wheat experiment station in
Toluca, Mexico when his
wife drove out to inform
him. He considered it his
second home. CIMMYT and
arguably the entire CGIAR
[Consultative Group on
International Agricultural
Research] emerged from Dr.
Borlaug’s accomplishments.
The Center has been a
key partner of USAID over
the years, and your agency’s
support is greatly appreciated.
The USA has also
benefited from Borlaug and
CIMMYT’s work. About
one-fifth of the wheat grown
in the USA has CIMMYT
lines in its pedigrees. USAID
is providing support for an
important meeting taking
place right now at CIMMYT
to explore cutting-edge technologies
for raising wheat
yield potential.
FrontLines is excellent…
I’ll try to ensure that you’re
kept apprised in the future
of work we’re involved in
together.
Mike Listman
Interim Head, Corporate
Communications
International Maize and
Wheat Improvement Center
(CIMMYT)
★
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