Spot blotch is one of the major diseases in the wheat growing regions of Nepal and the knowledge allowing researchers to identify and understand the disease is thus crucial. A group of 12 wheat technical research staff from Nepal visited Banaras Hindu …
CIMMYT’s Ravi Singh quoted in the article reporting on stem rust – old enemy that is back with a vengeance after half a century of complacence. A series of resistant wheat varieties developed in the mid-20th century kept stem rust, a devast…
CIMMYT posted a photo: Franscisca Kanini, technician at the CIMMYT/KARI (Kenya Agricultural Research Institute) research station in Kiboko, Kenya, demonstrates how to effectively trap pollen from the male parent and pollinate the silk of the female par…
On 02 May 2013, the Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA) project organized a sensitization workshop for local community leaders, provincial administration members, agricultural extension workers, farmers, and representatives of farmer groups. The me…
On 27-28 May, representatives from CIMMYT, USAID, the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC), ILRI, IRRI, AVRDC, and UC Davis met with colleagues from several Pakistan universities, agricultural secretaries of the provinces, development sector o…
