This report analyzes interactions between public and private sector organizations in the world maize seed industry, with emphasis on the developing world. The analysis includes the share of total maize seed sales in 1992 ...

Throughout sub-Saharan Africa, per capita production of maize and other traditional staples has declined in recent years. The worsening prospects for African agriculture are a prime concern of the Consultative Group on ...

As stated in last year’s Annual Report, we are in a process of transformation at CIMMYT in order to reposition the Center to meet the changing needs of our many partners and the new global challenges which together we must ...

This report has four parts. The first part focuses on the changing environment in which the international wheat research system functions in developing countries. The authors describe recent trends in developing country ...

This report presents information on the level of investment in wheat breeding research in developing countries and the impact of that research, and discusses issues related to assessing returns to wheat improvement research ...

Maize is one of the most important cereal crops in tropical Africa. In Africa, diets are based primarily on coarse grains (maize, millet, and sorghum) or roots and tubers (cassava, yams and sweet potatoes). Per capita ...

This report examines maize research in the developing world, focusing primarily on crop breeding by the public sector (national research programs and international agricultural research centers). Based on a survey of ...

The message of this year's annual report is a simple one, but it bears repeating: at CIMMYT we conduct essential science to meet people's essential needs for food, for income, and for a healthy environment. We and our ...

A synopsis of recent trends in rainfed marginal environments of the developing world is followed by a description of the major wheat and barley farming systems in West Asia-North Africa (WANA) and South Asia (the role of ...