Asia is a key region for the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in its mission to enhance food security and reduce poverty in maize- and wheat-based systems. With nine offices in the region, CIMMYT ...

Mexico has been CIMMYT’s host country and partner since the organization’s founding in 1966, and has contributed substantively to CIMMYT work with farmers, other partners and donors across the developing world. Through ...

The hybrids and open-pollinated varieties listed in this brochure were rated based on collaborative trials conducted annually by National Agricultural Research Programs, non-governmental organizations, private seed companies ...

The genotypic data provide unifying information across landraces, acting as a common backbone to which other valuable information can be added. This knowledge framework serves as a catalogue enabling germplasm bank users ...

Maize is Mozambique’s staple, grown by 95 percent of smallholder farmers. Legumes are the most important sources of proteins for rural Mozambicans, especially cowpeas and common beans. Additionally, common beans are a cash ...

A core pillar of sustainable agricultural intensification is the farm level financial viability of such intensification. This will (almost surely) be mediated by well-functioning agricultural markets and value chains. This ...