Buscar
Mostrando ítems 1-10 de 34
Annual Report
CIMMYT Annual Report 2010-2011: Acute awareness bold action to energize agriculture
(CIMMYT, 2012)
For lots of people, 2011 will be remembered as the year famine re-emerged. In the Horn of Africa, 13 million persons—many of whom lived from farming and herding—had their lives irrevocably changed by the worst drought in ...
Book
The birth of CIMMYT: pioneering the idea and ideals of international agricultural research
(CIMMYT, 2016)
The birth of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in Mexico was an experiment in applying the idea of international agricultural research for development and the ideals for designing international ...
Brochure
CIMMYT Southern Africa: enhancing income, food and nutritional security through science and partnerships since 1985
(CIMMYT, [2016?])
“Maize is life” to many of southern Africa’s most vulnerable. While in the last 50 years the production of cereal crops in the developing world has tripled, with only a 30% increase in cultivated land area, the impact of ...
Brochure
CIMMYT in Southern Africa: Improving food and nutritional security through science and partnerships
(CIMMYT, [2016?])
CIMMYT-SARO is focused on the development and deployment of climateresilient technologies to sustainably increase productivity and profitability, reduce yield variability and lower the impact on the environment. As part ...
Annual Report
Insect Resistant Maize for Africa (IRMA) Project: annual report 2003-2004
(KARI; CIMMYT, 2005)
The IRMA project is aimed at producing stem borer resistant, locally adapted maize varieties for various Kenyan agro-ecological zones using conventional and biotechnology-mediated approaches, particularly Bt technology. ...
Brochure
Food safety: ensuring safe, healthy, nutritious food
(CIMMYT, 2004)
Focusing on food safety, CIMMYT researchers develop experimental maize and wheat varieties that better resist fungal diseases and pests in the field and in storage, as well as cropping and grain storage practices that help ...
Annual Report
CIMMYT Annual Report 2002-2003: Innovation for development
(CIMMYT, 2003)
Last year my message described how diversity was essential to CIMMYT’s research and integral to its character as an organization. I concluded by discussing our plans to develop a mission and strategy that would build on ...
Annual Report
CIMMYT Annual Report 2003-2004: Adding value for development
(CIMMYT, 2004)
This publication shows how CIMMYT and partners applied quality science in 2003-04 to add value to crops and cropping systems, innovation networks and training activities, and global public goods, thereby improving the ...
Brochure
CIMMYT in sub-Saharan Africa: weaving the fabric of better livelihoods
(CIMMYT, 2003)
Agriculture engages nearly nine-tenths of the populace in sub-Saharan Africa. Drought, depleted soils, unfavorable polices, disease, and armed conflict ravage productivity, health, and hope for a better life. By mobilizing ...