The New Seed Initiative for Maize in Southern Africa (NSlMA) Project has completed the first year of the second phase of funding from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. This phase of the project supported a ...

This report will summarize activities of the regional maize program for Central America and the Caribbean region for the year ended December 31, 1977. The report is based upon the work of two CIMMYT maize scientists assigned ...

MAIZE is a highly collaborative program that contributes to 10 of the 11 Intermediate Development Outcomes (IDOs) of the CGIAR – productivity, food security, income, gender, capacity to innovate and adapt, environment, ...

The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), by the abbreviation of its Spanish name) is an international, non-profit, agricultural research and training center with its headquarters in Mexico. Its mission ...

Maize is the most important staple cereal grain in eastern and Central Africa (ECA) providing more than half the daily calorie and protein intakes of most of the population. It is largely used directly for human food but ...

Este reporte involucra las actividades del Programa Regional de Maíz de CIMMYT para Centroamérica y el Caribe durante 1987. En este periodo el Programa Regional puso énfasis en fortalecer las actividades de los programas ...

Maize hybrid seed provides farmers with varieties containing improved genetics, such as high yield potential and unique trait combinations to counter diseases and adverse growing conditions. However, the quality of hybrid ...

Together with rice and wheat, maize provides at least 30% of the food calories of more than 4.5 billion people in 94 developing countries. They include 900 million consumers whose income is less than US$ 2 per day and for ...

Improved seed is an important agricultural input to boost production and productivity of crops per unit area. Availability, affordability and accessibility of quality seeds of preferred varieties remain to be a challenge ...