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STMA Bulletin: Stress Tolerant Maize for Africa
(CIMMYT; IITA, 2019)
Over 200 million households in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) depend on maize for food security and their well-being, yet maize yields in this region are very low compared to other parts of the world. Maize farmers face drought ...
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Performance of elite drought tolerant maize varieties: across eastern and southern Africa, season 2017-18
(CIMMYT, 2018)
Maize (Zea mays L.) occupies more than 50% of total farmland devoted to crops in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) (FAO, 2010). It is the main staple food crop in southern Africa, where it provides the highest caloric intake for ...
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Appropriate mechanization for African smallholders: a pathway to sustainable intensification and rural
(CIMMYT; CGIAR, 2018)
A lack of labor is increasingly limiting the productivity of many smallholder farms. Adoption of sustainable intensification practices, such as conservation agriculture, is likely to worsen this issue, as they require more ...
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Gender Mainstreaming in the Nutritious Maize for Ethiopia (NuME) Project
(CIMMYT, 2018)
The Nutritious Maize for Ethiopia (NuME) Project aims to mainstream gender by promoting gender-aware thinking and activities at distinct implementation levels. Evidence shows that gender inequality is closely connected to ...
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CIMMYT's superior second-generation tropically adapted haploid inducers
(CIMMYT, 2017)
Derivation and use of doubled haploid (DH) lines, compared to conventionally-derived inbred lines, offers several advantages to maize breeding programs. This includes reduced time taken to develop and deploy superior maize ...
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Africa maize stress project: developing and disseminating stress tolerant maize for sustainable food security in West, Central and East Africa
(CIMMYT; IITA, 2014)
As of November 1997, CIMMYT and IITA are working with researchers in the region to develop and deliver high-yielding maize-along with related crop management practices-that withstands the crop's major foes and suits the ...
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SIMLESA Bulletin: highlights
(CIMMYT; ACIAR, 2012)
During 19-23 March 2012, over 200 researchers, policy makers, donors, seed specialists, and NGO representatives from Africa and Australia gathered in Arusha, Tanzania, for the second SIMLESA Annual Regional Planning and ...
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SIMLESA Bulletin: highlights
(CIMMYT; ACIAR, 2014)
An intense SIMLESA-Kenya annual review and planning meeting at the facilities of the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) during 4-6 November 2013 focused on strategies for “scalingout” – that is, broadening the ...
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SIMLESA Bulletin: highlights
(CIMMYT; ACIAR, 2013)
“The Ministry, and specifically the Directorate of Research and Development, immensely commends SIMLESA’s participatory approach and would like to recommend it to other research and development partners both at national ...
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SIMLESA Bulletin: highlights
(CIMMYT; ACIAR, 2013)
Over 200 researchers, policy makers, donors, seed companies, and NGO representatives from Africa and Australia gathered in Chimoio, Mozambique, during 17-23 March 2013 for the third SIMLESA annual regional planning and ...