THE CGIAR CENTERS

www.cgiar.org
 "Mapping maize and wheat in
a changing world, the GIS
Unit of CIMMYT"

Kai Sonder
Head GIS Unit
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo
WWW.CIMMYT.ORG
 CIMMYT WORKS ON:
High-yielding, stress tolerant maize and wheat varieties.
Large, unique collections of maize and wheat genetic resources.
Productivity-enhancing, resource-conserving farming practices.
Training and information relating to the above.
 CIMMYT offices worldwide
Kabul,
Afghanistan

Almaty,
Tbilisi, Kazakhstan
Ankara, Georgia Kathmandu, Beijing,
Turkey Nepal China

Karaj/Tehran,
El Batan, Iran Islamabad Dhaka,
Mexico Pakistan Bangladesh
Nairobi/Njoro,
Cali, Kenya Addis Ababa, New Dehli,
Colombia Ethiopia India

Harare,
Zimbabwe
 Conservation Agriculture Program

Socioeconomics Program

GIS UNIT

Global Wheat Program

Global Maize Program
http://wheatatlas.cimmyt.org/
The Africa Trial Sites Catalogue
www.africats.org
An information platform for breeders and other people
interested providing info on over 300 crop evaluation trial
sites in Africa currently on cowpea, soybean, sorghum, millet,
beans, maize and wheat with the goal to improve speed and
efficiency of breeding programs and ultimately improve poor
farmer’s access to better planting materials.
Glenn Hyman, Pierre Sibiry Traore, Kai Sonder, Juan Arista, Jawoo Koo
Africats
Provides info on:
Climate
Soils
Drought
Crops
Similarity of sites
Contacts
Seed ordering
RUST MAPPER
RUST MAPPER
MAIZE MEGA
ENVIRONMENTS

Table 1. Criteria used to define CIMMYT Maize ME’s at the global level
Maize ME Maximum Precipitation
Temperature (° C) (mm)
Highland <24 >=18 >350
Wet Upper Mid-altitude >=24 <28 >600
Wet Lower Mid-altitude >=28 <30 >600
Dry Mid-altitude >=24 <30 >350 <=600
Wet Lowland >=30 >800
Dry Lowland >=30 >350 <=800
Market access in
Maize areas

Road data A. Nelson

SPAM from J. Koo
Globcover
SRTM
 AREAS OF WORK AND INTEREST
What we have to offer

• Spatial Information on Wheat and Maize production

• 40 years of evaluation trial data
• Pests and diseases (Wheat blast, stem rust)
• Linking holdings in genebank (175,000+) to environment

Future:
• MP3 (Wheat, Maize)
• MP5 (Conservation agric)
• MP7 (Climate change Impact on maize and wheat prod
•Crop modeling)