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Insect resistant maize for Africa (IRMA) project: creating awareness on biotechnology based technologies: report on a workshop
(KARI; CIMMYT, 2001)
The Insect Resistant Maize for Africa. (IRMA) Project is a joint venture between the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), with financial support ...
Report
Three Decades of NARC-CIMMYT partnership in maize and wheat research and development (1970-2000)
(NARC; CIMMYT, 2001)
It is a great pleasure to publish this booklet on the occasion of NARC-CIMMYT Day to mark Three Decades of NARC-CIMMYT Partnership in Maize/Wheat Research and Development. Both maize and wheat are priority cereal crops for ...
Newsletter / Bulletin
The quality protein maize revolution: improved nutrition and livelihoods for the poor
(CIMMYT; NIPPON FUNDATION, 2001)
Maize is a major food for millions of the poor in Africa and Latin America. The poorest often eat little else. Their diets lack proteins and other important nutrients, impairing health and development. During the last few ...
Newsletter / Bulletin
New maize offers better livelihoods for poor farmers
(CIMMYT; IITA; NDA; EUROPEAN UNION; SDC; ARC-LNR; MPUMALANGA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; NPDAE; DFID; GTZ, 2001)
South Africa's poorest farmers can expect a new, affordable option for sustaining food production and increasing agricultural economic returns. Plans for the release of two improved open-pollinated maize varieties will be ...
Newsletter / Bulletin
Africa maize stress project: tough new maize for smale-scale farmers
(CIMMYT; IITA; UNDP; IFAD; SIDA, 2001)
The Africa Maize Stress (AMS) Project delivers seed and knowledge that help maize farmers across Africa overcome some of their worst problems. For many of these farmers, a lost maize crop represents hunger and lost ...
Newsletter / Bulletin
CIMMYT climate change
(CIMMYT, 2001)
Climate change and increasing climatic variability have raised widespread concern, although the implications of these trends are not well understood. Even so, it is already possible to envision some of the difficulties ...
Newsletter / Bulletin
CIMMYT Tlatizapán
(CIMMYT, 2001)
Tlaltizapan is the name of a small town located in the center of the Mexican state of Morelos. "Tlaltizapán" is a name in the Nahuatl language (ancient Aztecs' language) that means "over white land" ("tlalli"=land, " ...
Book
Global public goods for poor farmers: myth or reality?
(CIMMYT, 2001)
At the start of a new century, the international agricultural research and development community is undergoing a transformation. Powerful forces are acting to expand research opportunities as never before, but at the same ...
Book
New science: brings new hope for people and the environment
(CIMMYT, 2001)
It is an honor to address this group on a topic that represents one of the CGIAR' s greatest aspirations, which is to bring the newest and best scientific insights to bear on some of the hardest realities that human beings ...
Brochure
South Africa and CIMMYT: a growing partnership
(CIMMYT, 2001)
Maize and wheat together represent about 94% of the total cereal area and about 95% of total cereal production in South Africa. CIMMYT has been a research partner with South Africa since the mid-1970s, dedicated to improving ...