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Desarrollo, mantenimiento y multiplicación de semilla de variedades de polinización libre
(CIMMYT, 1999)
Los procedimientos para la producción de semilla de híbridos de maíz y el mantenimiento de líneas progenitoras están bien documentados. Sin embargo, poco se ha escrito acerca del desarrollo, mantenimiento y multiplicación ...
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The quality protein maize revolution: improved nutrition and livelihoods for the poor
(CIMMYT; NIPPON FUNDATION, 2001)
Maize is a major food for millions of the poor in Africa and Latin America. The poorest often eat little else. Their diets lack proteins and other important nutrients, impairing health and development. During the last few ...
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The risk management project: improving options for resource poor farmers in drought prone areas of southern Africa
(CIMMYT, 2000)
The goal of the CIMMYT-AusAID-ACIAR Risk Management Project is to increase the productivity and sustainability of smallholder maize-based farming systems in southern Africa by speeding the adoption of productivity-enhancing, ...
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New maize offers better livelihoods for poor farmers
(CIMMYT; IITA; NDA; EUROPEAN UNION; SDC; ARC-LNR; MPUMALANGA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; NPDAE; DFID; GTZ, 2001)
South Africa's poorest farmers can expect a new, affordable option for sustaining food production and increasing agricultural economic returns. Plans for the release of two improved open-pollinated maize varieties will be ...
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Africa maize stress project: tough new maize for smale-scale farmers
(CIMMYT; IITA; UNDP; IFAD; SIDA, 2001)
The Africa Maize Stress (AMS) Project delivers seed and knowledge that help maize farmers across Africa overcome some of their worst problems. For many of these farmers, a lost maize crop represents hunger and lost ...
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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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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 ...