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Chimanga cha makolo, hybrids and composites: farmers' adoption of maize technology in Malawi, 1989-90
(CIMMYT, 1992)
During the 1989-90 and 1990-91 cropping seasons, researchers from CIMMYT and the Evaluation Units of the Malawian Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) collected data to profile farmers' adoption behavior and varietal choices, and ...
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
Report of UNDP-CIMMYT Global research project (Phase 3): March 1979
(CIMMYT, 1979)
Within the past fourteen years, the task of breeding for nutritionally superior maize types has been greatly facilitated by the discovery of the biochemical effects of the opaque-2 and floury-2 genes. Through manipulation ...
Research Report
UNDP-CIMMYT Global research project: (Phase 3): Progress Report to August 1977
(CIMMYT, 1977, 08)
The progress made in the various aspects of the UNDP-CIMMYT Global Research Project "Research and training in the development of High Lysine Maize" during the period September 1976 to August 1977 is presented in this report. ...
Brochure
Improving on excellence: achievements in breeding with the maize race Tuxpeño
(CIMMYT, 1986)
One of the most graphic symbols of achievement in the CIMMYT Maize Program, oddly enough, is a downward drifting line, representing the dramatic reduction in plant height brought about in a population based on the Mexican ...
Book
Mejoramiento de la excelencia: logros en el mejoramiento con la raza Tuxpeño
(CIMMYT, 1986)
Uno de los símbolos más relevantes de los logros del Programa de Maíz del CIMMYT es, por extraño que parezca, una línea descendiente que representa la espectacular reducción en la altura de la planta obtenida en una población ...
Book
Maize in Vietnam: production systems, constraints, and research priorities
(CIMMYT, 2004)
This is one of a series of seven in-depth country studies on maize production systems in Asia, funded by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development ...
Conference Proceedings
Integrated approaches to higher maize productivity in the new millennium: proceedings of the Seventh Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Maize Conference
(KARI; CIMMYT, 2004)
This proceedings provides a comprehensive and detailed presentation of the major maize research activities and advances in Eastern and Southern Africa since the previous Regional Maize Conference held in 1998. The Conference, ...
Report
CIMMYT International Maize Testing Program: 1995 final report
(CIMMYT, 1999)
The 1995 final report of the international maize testing program covers trials sent to cooperators in 1995 and for which data were received by September 1, 1997. It also includes trial results from 1994 for which data ...
Report
International Maize Testing Program: 1996 final report
(CIMMYT, 1999)
The 1996 final report of the international maize testing program covers trials sent to cooperators in 1996 and for which data were received by September 1, 1998. It also includes trial results from 1995 for which data ...