INT – CIMMYT to switch focus to gene editing
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center shifts focus to gene editing for wheat resilience as GM varieties stall
Source: Economic Times – 21 September 2025
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is ramping up investments in gene editing technology to enhance wheat crop resilience, with Director General Bram Govaerts calling it a “future” technology amid ongoing regulatory and technical challenges facing genetically modified wheat.
In an exclusive interview to PTI, Govaerts acknowledged that GM or transgenic wheat varieties have failed to achieve commercial success, describing transgenics as “a bit of an old technology”.