June 3, 2012, Shenzhen, China – BGI, the world’s largest genomics organization, together with other 17 international institutes, announced that they completed the second generation of maize HapMap (Maize HapMap2) and genomics studies on maize d…
CIMMYT posted a photo: Mr Chipeni began employing conservation agriculture (CA) practices seven years ago, and is still trying new things—“I just started the maize-groundnut rotation and I believe I’ll benefit,” he says. The biggest advantage o…
CIMMYT posted a photo: A farmer’s field in Malawi under conservation agriculture (CA), showing rotation of maize and groundnut (visible in adjacent plots) and the retention of crop residues. The farmer, Mr Chipeni, began employing CA practices se…
CIMMYT posted a photo: Daimoniz Miondo is one of 800 farmers in Chipeni, Mvera Extension Planning Area, Dowa District, Malawi, who have adopted conservation agriculture in recent years. “I’m harvesting between 30 and 40 bags of maize now per acre, …
