The Kenya Annual Review and Planning Meeting (ARPM) was held during 5-6 November 2012 at the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI). The meeting was attended by 33 participants from the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAA…
“Maize research in the country has contributed to increased productivity by developing high yielding hybrid varieties that give quick returns to the farmers. However, 30% of post-harvest losses incurred during storage due to insect pests such as the …
CIMMYT posted a photo: Dennis Friesen, consultant to the Nutritious Maize for Ethiopia (NuME) Project, is one of two runners up this week in our photo competition for CIMMYT staff and friends. His joyful image shows Madame Dadhitu Olkaba, a female head…
CIMMYT posted a photo: This week’s winner in our photo competition comes from one of our friends and partners in Iran: Saeed Khavari Khorasani, assistant professor at the Seed and Plant Improvement Institute (SPII), Khorasan Razavi Agricultural a…
CIMMYT posted a photo: A handful of maize seed, with varied colors illustrating maize’s tremendous diversity. CIMMYT’s gene bank contains around 28,000 unique samples of maize seed, including more than 24,000 farmer landraces—traditional,…
