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Dave Hodson has helped countries around the world protect wheat from devastating rust diseases. This week, we honored his decades of leadership with the 2025 Norman Borlaug Award for Outstanding Service to the Global Wheat Community 17th Intl Cereal Rusts & Powdery Mildew Conference CIMMYT bgri.cornell.edu/dave-hodson-re…

Big congrats to Dr. Dave Hodson (CIMMYT) on receiving the Norman Borlaug Award for Outstanding Service to the Global Wheat Community! 🌾👏 Really enjoyed his BGRI session talk on the current status of wheat diseases, especially rust. #BGRI2025 #ICRPMC2025

Grateful for the opportunity to present my poster at the International Cereal Rust & Powdery Mildew Conference 2025! 🌾 A valuable experience learning about global rust surveillance and management strategies. Great discussions and connections throughout. #ICRPM2025 #CPS2025 #UofA

A new research article published in PNASNews indicates that #SubSaharanAfrica could achieve self-sufficiency in grains like #maize, #wheat & #millet by 2050, without further expanding agricultural land. IFPRI IITA #WUR CIMMYT bit.ly/3HHnQPH #ExcellenceInScience

Suchismita Mondal and Margaret Krause and Stephen Baenziger Stephen Baenziger, Co-Chairs of our #BREEDING Expert Working Group invited Dr. Jessie Alt (Corteva) to discuss theoretical and practical implications on #wheat breeding! Join them on the 11th here: 🔗 buff.ly/7QsMbY7

Joined by CIMMYT India colleagues, we bid an emotional farewell to my colleague & friend Arun kumar joshi. Since 2016, he led #CIMMYT-Borlaug Institute for South Asia in Asia with great vision. Grateful for his contributions & continued support to CIMMYT's partnerships & leadership in the region.

Dr. Bram Govaerts, DG, CIMMYT-BISA, met the Hon’ble Director, Dr. Ch. Srinivasa Rao IARI Pusa New Delhi, and Dr. Anupama Singh, Joint Director (Education) & Dean, to discuss opportunities for collaboration in India. #AgResearch #CIMMYT #Partnerships Bram Govaerts CIMMYT CIMMYT Dr Mahesh K Gathala-CIMMYT India

Help spread the word! 📅 1st UAlberta Cereal Breeding Lab (CBL) CBL Wheat Field Day. We'll demonstrate our wheat breeding pipeline, showcase our brand new wheat varieties & varieties near release. Please RSVP using the link below if you wish to attend. forms.gle/fzfnNkLpSM8q53…

Pleased to meet Dr. M.L. Jat, new DG Indian Council of Agricultural Research. & Secretary DARE. A distinguished scientist with rich global experience, we discussed strengthening #ICAR–CIMMYT collaboration, aligning expertise to advance sustainable agri R&D in #India.

Don’t miss what’s next in wheat innovation! 🌍 Explore expert-led events from across the Wheat Initiative community: 📅 wheatinitiative.org/events-1

My first order of seeds from ICARDA genebank, and my last one as staff. It’s been a pleasure, a joy, a journey and a privilege to work with such an amazing team for 2 years. Merci, Shokran! But also excited for the next big step in crop science 🌾

⏳ Deadline’s today! Are you an early-career wheat phenotyping researcher? 🎓 Apply now for a travel award to expand your work & community. 📍 Don’t wait—apply: wheatinitiative.org/ewg-phenotypin… #WheatConnect

For more than two decades, Dave Hodson CIMMYT has helped lead the global response to wheat rust pathogens by building cross-border partnerships and deploying technologies that improved detection and prediction. bgri.cornell.edu/dave-hodson-re…

This week I joined the Rosalind Franklin Women In Wheat annual workshop. I was inspired by Jess Wade's talk about academia's hidden curriculum, and enjoyed learning about fellowships and elevator pitches. Yet my highlight was meeting other early career scientists studying wheat!

A few snapshots 📸 from stripe rust nursery in BC. Great year for screening 🌾 Sask Wheat NSERC / CRSNG Canadian Wheat Research Coalition Alberta Grains Manitoba Crop Alliance

🌾 NEXT STOP: INDIA #CIMMYT joins World Food Prize Foundation, #ICAR & Borlaug Institute for South Asia to cohost #DialogueNEXT where farmers take center stage! 🌾 From climate-smart ideas to agri-tech breakthroughs, we’re co-creating impact! 🔗Register: bit.ly/4nOvs3d #FarmersFirst

Full recordings from the 2025 BGRI Technical Workshop are now online. Sessions covered wheat disease threats and tools like DEWAS, which provides real-time risk info to researchers and policymakers in East Africa and South Asia. 17th Intl Cereal Rusts & Powdery Mildew Conference CPS bgri.cornell.edu/bgri-2025-tech…

Globally, yellow rust is responsible for over $1 billion in crop losses each year. Now, a critical line of disease defense is beginning to fail, triggering concern across the United Kingdom and continental Europe. CIMMYT Wheat Initiative bgri.cornell.edu/wheats-defense…

Q&A with Dr Anne Gichangi on enhancing wheat crops in Kenya youtu.be/o5tPrsFZJKE?si…