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Mind the Gender Gap in Farmers’ Preferences for Weather-Index Insurance
(CSISA, 2015)
Weather-related risks are major sources of farm income fluctuations for rural households in low-income countries. To buffer against such risks and to encourage investment in intensified and high-value production, weather-index ...
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Strategic plan 2017-2022: improving livelihoods through maize and wheat science
(CIMMYT, 2016)
CIMMYT´S mission is to improve livelihoods through maize and wheat science. We will achieve this through excellent science for impact, carried out by partnerships with strong emphasis on capacity building. “ONE CIMMYT” is ...
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A diagnostic study of crop-livestock interactions: in the Rift Valley and the western mid-highland areas of Ethiopia / Alemu Tolemariam and Moti Jaleta
(CIMMYT, 2015)
This report analyzes crop-livestock interactions in maize-based, mixed farming systems in the Rift Valley and the western, mid-highland areas of Ethiopia. These areas are known for their maize-based crop-livestock farming ...
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Impacts of international maize breeding research in developing countries, 1966-98
(CIMMYT, 2001)
This report, which updates and extends the findings of an earlier CIMMYT study published in 1994, documents the impacts of international maize breeding research in the developing world. Covering the period 1966-98, the ...
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Maize breeding research in Eastern and Southern Africa: current status and impacts of past investments made by the public and private sectors, 1966-97
(CIMMYT, 2001)
This report documents the impacts of international maize breeding research in eastern and southern Africa. It draws on inft)rmation from a comprehensive 1998/99 survey of public and private maize breeding and seed production ...
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Ten years with NAFTA: a review of the literature and an analysis of farmer responses in Sonora and Veracruz, Mexico
(Congressional Hunger Center; CIMMYT, 2006)
This report reviews recent literature regarding impacts of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA, launched in 1994) on maize and wheat farming in Mexico. A basic overview of maize and wheat production in Mexico ...
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Demonstrations of an interdisciplinary approach to planning adaptive agricultural research programmes
(CIMMYT, 1978)
The Ministry of Lands and Agriculture, Zambia, expressed interese in this approach to planning adaptive agricultural experimental programmes and cooperated with Cimmyt to demonstrate it in part of Serenje District. Chapter ...
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Wheat, barley, and triticale cultivars: a list of publications in which national cereal breeders have noted the cooperation or germplasm they received from CIMMYT
(CIMMYT, 1997)
Sustainable cereal production on farmers' fields: that is the ultimate measure of the impact of CIMMYT's research. Its achievement requires a combination of effective technologies and the most appropriate seeds. Over the ...