Area based development programmes aimed at improving the incomes of small farmers are a major concern of governments in less developed countries. New technology is the foundation of these prograrmnes and the selection of ...

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 ...

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 ...

It is widely acknowledged that INRM is a means of achieving the CGIAR’s multiple goals of food security, poverty alleviation, and protection of the natural environment. The CGIAR has defined INRM as "a way of doing ...

Although maize is important for agriculture and livelihoods in eastern and southern Africa, its productivity is low, being only 1.3 t/ha compared 4.9 t/ha worldwide. Insect pests in the field and in storage are among the ...

This report presents a summary of variety testing and release regulations in DTMA project countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In order to understand these approaches a study was undertaken in 2007 under the auspices of ...

This report summarises the proceedings of the ARPT/CIMMYT networkshop on "The Role of Rural Sociology (and Anthropology) in Farming Systems Research". The Workshop was held at the Ridgeway Hotel, Lusaka, Zambia from the ...

The Summary Tables present grain yields averaged across sites with significant differences between entries, for each of the five to six environments. Data on agronomic performance such as anthesis date, plant and ear height, ...