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Impacts of international research on intertemporal yield stability in wheat and maize: an economic assessment
(CIMMYT, 2006)
Critics of modern maize and wheat varieties (MVs) have suggested that, in developing countries, yields of these varieties vary more from season to season than yields of farmers’ traditional varieties, thereby exposing ...
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Understanding farm level technology adoption: lessons learned from CIMMYT's micro surveys in Eastern Africa
(CIMMYT, 2003)
Drawing on a series of technology adoption studies carried out by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in collaboration with national agricultural research systems in Eastern Africa during 1996-98, ...
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Impactos del mejoramiento de maíz en América Latina: 1966-1997
(CIMMYT, 2000)
Este informe documenta el número y los tipos de variedades e híbridos de maíz lanzados por los programas públicos de mejoramiento entre 1966 y 1997; describe las variedades e híbridos comercializados por organismos públicos ...
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Newsletter / Bulletin
The development and dissemination of quality protein maize (QPM) for China: improving nutrition, enhancing food security, and reducing poverty
(CIMMYT, 2000)
Maize is grown on some 24 million hectares in China, producing 115 million tons of grain annually. China will require 204 million tons of maize by 2020, mostly for animal feed. It will have to import approximately 18 million ...
Newsletter / Bulletin
New maize hybrid in El Salvador
(CIMMYT, 2000)
On November 8, 1999, farmers, politicians, scientists, and seed producers in El Salvador witnessed the release of a new maize hybrid that could transform the diets of the poor. Not only does the hybrid, HQ-61, outyield ...
Report
CIMMYT international maize testing program: 1998 final report
(CIMMYT, 2000)
The 1998 final report of the international maize testing program covers trials sent to cooperators in 1998 and for which data were received by September 30, 1999. It also includes trial results from 1996 and 1997 for which ...
Newsletter / Bulletin
Choosing the right open-pollinated maize variety
(CIMMYT, 2004)
Maize is grown throughout the SADC region. However growing conditions differ for rainfall, temperature, growing season length and the occurrence of diseases and pests. As a consequence, different maize varieties are ...
Handbook
Manual de plagas en granos almacenados y tecnologías alternas para su manejo y control
(CIMMYT, 2007)
El grano de maíz es una fuente importante de carbohidratos y proteínas para la gente de escasos recursos en el mundo. Sin embargo, existen factores que limitan su producción, entre ellos, los insectos, los roedores y las ...