2014-03-132014-03-13[1982?]http://hdl.handle.net/10883/3579Maize is a staple food for millions of people living in many countries of Latin America and other parts of the developing world, where diet is deficient in protein. For millions of others, it is an important ingredient in the production of their milk, eggPDFCIMMYT manages Intellectual Assets as International Public Goods. The user is free to download, print, store and share this work. In case you want to translate or create any other derivative work and share or distribute such translation/derivative work, please contact CIMMYT-Knowledge-Center@cgiar.org indicating the work you want to use and the kind of use you intend; CIMMYT will contact you with the suitable license for that purpose.AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGYReportMAIZECROP IMPROVEMENTAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONECONOMIC GROWTHPROTEIN QUALITYOpen Access