Month: May 2018
Tar Spot Complex a potential big black spot on US maize economy
Nutrition, health and food security
A new study shows that nearly 12 million hectares of the maize-growing USA, approximately 33 percent of the entire maize-growing area of the country, might be vulnerable to a disease called Tar Spot Complex (TSC).
CIMMYT helps national programs to enhance maize breeding efficiency in Pakistan
Innovations
Maize is Pakistan’s third important cereal following wheat and rice. However, Pakistan still imports more than 80 percent of the hybrid seeds, costing the country over $50 million annually and making retail price of hybrid seeds expensive.
A Capacity Approach To Climate Change Modeling: Identifying Crop Management Adaptation Options
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Crop growth simulation models coupled with climate model projections are promoted and increasingly used for assessing impacts of climate change on crop yields and for informing crop-level adaptations.
Preserving native maize and culture in Mexico
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Indigenous farmers in Oaxaca are custodians of maize biodiversity, growing seeds passed down over generations.
First zinc-enriched maize in Guatemala to combat malnutrition
Nutrition, health and food security
Farmers expressed interest in the varieties due to their high yield quality protein content, high zinc levels, early maturity and large kernel size.
Breaking Ground: Lorena Gonzalez fast-forwards action on hunger using technology
Innovations
Intrigued by the unique relationship food crops have to their geographical environment, Lorena Gonzalez dedicated her passion for geomatic technology to collect site-specific farm data that is revolutionizing the way researchers tackle hunger.
CIMMYT Board of Trustees: Out of the boardroom and into the field
Nutrition, health and food security
How collaboration can help grow and transform agriculture in Africa
Nutrition, health and food security
Money alone can’t solve Africa’s agricultural problems. International collaboration is key.
Wheat blast screening and surveillance training in Bangladesh
Capacity development
Workshop participants learned how to use the latest in technology to identify and keep track of the deadly Wheat Blast disease.
