Kai Sonder is currently the head of Geographic Information System (GIS) unit at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT). The unit provides spatial data and analysis, targeting and foresight work and agro meteorology to the organization. It also provides training on GIS to all of CIMMYT’s scientists and projects, as well as partners applied to development-oriented agricultural research on maize, wheat and conservation agriculture in developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.