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Striga weed control with herbicide-coated maize seed
(CIMMYT, 2002)
The witchweed Striga decimates maize, millet, sorghum, upland rice and Napier throughout sub-Sahara Africa. From the high plateau of East Africa where peasant farmers struggle to survive on tiny fields of maize, to the ...
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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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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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Increasing the productivity of maize and maize farming systems in developing contries: protecting the natural resources on which future productivity depends
(CIMMYT, 2000)
The Maize Program comprises three subprograms, each focusing on a major maize production ecology (the lowland tropics, the subtropics and midaltitude regions, and the highlands), plus specialized research units (entomology, ...
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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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The development and dissemination of quality protein maize (QPM) for China: improving nutrition, enhancing food security, and reducing poverty
(CIMMYT, 2000)
Maize is grown on some 24 million hectares in China, producing 115 million tons of grain annually. China will require 204 million tons of maize by 2020, mostly for animal feed. It will have to import approximately 18 million ...
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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 ...
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Insect Resistant Maize for Africa (IRMA) Project
(CIMMYT; KARI; Novartis, 2000)
Maize is a major food crop in Africa, especially in the eastern and southern regions of the continent. For many, it is the main staple of their diet, as evidenced by annual consumption levels of 79 kg per capita in the ...
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Drought-tolerant maize for Africa: better food security and livelihoods - Highlights of 2009
(CIMMYT, 2009)
The Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa (DTMA) Project is being implemented jointly by CIMMYT and the IITA, and is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Howard G. Buffett Foundation. The project is part of a ...
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The DTMA project platform: october-december 2009
(ITTA; CIMMYT, 2009)