On 26-27 April 2013, the FONTAGRO “Generation and validation of drought tolerant maize varieties to stabilize and reduce mycotoxin damage resulting from climate change” project held its end-of-project meeting in La Ceiba, Honduras, along with the C…
Farmers in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania last year recorded losses of about 50-100 percent on their total maize yields following the outbreak of a new maize disease known as Maize Lethal Necrosis Disease –MLND. National program researchers work together…
As traditional storage methods are proving less efficient, especially when faced with pests, a team of scientists from CIMMYT and the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute researched the effectiveness of hermetic systems in controlling maize storage pe…
CIMMYT posted a photo: A farmer displays the grains from a crop just harvested on an IMAS on-farm trial in Embu, Kenya. The Improved Maize for African Soils (IMAS) project is developing varieties that would do well with the little fertilizer farmers ca…
CIMMYT posted a photo: A maize cob in an Improved Maize for African Soils (IMAS) on-farm trial field in Kathanjuri, Kieni Division in Kenya’s Eastern Province. IMAS varieties are bred with a view to better capture and utilize the small amounts of…
