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Research Report
The global wheat improvement system: prospects for enhancing efficiency in the presence of spillovers
(CIMMYT, 1999)
Through the global analysis and country-level case studies, this report analyzes the efficiency of investments in wheat improvement research at a disaggregated level and explores a range of options for restructuring research ...
Book
International collaboration in crop improvement research: current status and future prospects
(CIMMYT, 1999)
Investments over the past 35 years have created s system of national and international research centers that has revolutionized the supply of improved cereal varieties to developing country farmers. The newly created ...
Conference Proceedings
Proceedings of the Fifth Asian Regional Maize Workshop
(Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry-CIMMYT, 1993)
For several years, the Asian countries have had the highest rate of increase (3.6%) in maize production in the world. This has been due to the increasing demand of the grain for food, feed, and industrial purposes. ...
Conference Proceedings
The International working group on Ostrinia (IWGO): its past, present and future
(CIMMYT; UNDP, 1997)
During the IX International Congress of Entomology in Moscow, USSR in 1968, The International Working Group on Ostrina was organized by six members from Hungary, Poland, Romania, USSR, USA and Yugoslavia. Later this group ...
Conference Proceedings
Proceedings of the Asian regional maize research planning and coordination meeting
(CIMMYT, 1994)
It was after leaming of the impact of a similar meeting in the CIMMYT South American Regional Maize Program, that we agreed in also holding a Regional Maize Research Planning and Coordination Meeting. In such meetings, an ...
Research Report
Liming in Zimbabwe: A critical look at the potential recovery from acid soil infertility in the communal areas of Zimbabwe
(CIMMYT, 1999)
Soil acidity is one of the major biophysical constraints to crop production in the communal areas (CAs) of Zimbabwe. The Diagnosis and Recommendation Integrated System (DRIS) progranune has established that many crops in ...
Conference Proceedings
Wheat breeding at CIMMYT: commemorating 50 years of research in Mexico for global wheat improvement
(CIMMYT, 1995)
This year, we celebrate the 50th anniversary (1944-94) of wheat breeding at CIMMYT and its predecessor organization (Rockefeller Foundation/Office of Special Studies). Within a span of 50 years, wheat breeding has evolved ...
Report
CIMMYT/NARS Consultancy on ME1 bread wheat breeding: 4-7 April, 1995 Cd. Obregon, Sonora, Mexico
(CIMMYT, 1995)
Through the mechanism of internally managed external reviews (IMERS), all activities of the Wheat Program were reviewed in the period 1990-1994. In general, this was a satisfactory exercise, except that we felt NARS input ...
Report
Wheat and wheat breeding in the former USSR
(CIMMYT, 1992)
The USSR is one of the main wheat-producing countries in the world. It has a longestablished wheat breeding network involving institutes and stations nationwide. Soviet scientists have contributed to modern varieties and ...
Report
The CIMMYT Maize Germplasm Bank: genetic resource preservation, regeneration, maintenance, and use
(CIMMYT, 1994)
Originally developed as background information for participants in a 1992 external review of the CIMMYT Maize Germplasm Bank and related activities, this publication recounts CIMMYT's role in the early work of marshalling ...