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HTMA’s annual review and planning meeting was held in Kathmandu, Nepal, on 25-26 July 2016.

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Drought-related challenges in Africa call for proactive interventions rather than reactive ones.

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As Ethiopia struggles with its worst drought in 50 years, farmers pin their hopes on seed delivered through emergency seed projects.

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Since 2004, conservation agriculture has helped farmers in southern Africa maintain and boost yields, protect the environment and increase profits.

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Breeding and seed systems must immediately adapt to changing climates if major loss of maize yields is to be avoided, a new report shows.

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CIMMYT’s Agricultural Innovation Program (AIP) held its annual maize working group meeting on 10-11 May.

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Since 2006, CIMMYT has developed 200 drought-tolerant varieties and hybrids, many of which possess desirable traits such as resistance to major diseases.

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AIP organized a one-day conference on “Agricultural Productivity Improvement through Nudging” in Pakistan

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As an El Niño-induced drought continues to devastate southern African food crops, CIMMYT promoted drought-tolerant maize to Malawian politicians.

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Maricelis Acevedo, newly appointed associate director for science for the Delivering Genetic Gain in Wheat project left her island home of Puerto Rico in 2003 to pursue a career as a pathologist and has been traveling the world ever since.

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CIMMYT’s Agricultural Innovation Program proposed a plan for applying ICT in agricultural extension in Pakistan

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Locally adapted marketing initiatives are successfully converting farmers to the high-performing, drought-tolerant maize variety Lubango in Tanzania.

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New maize varieties have the potential to increase production, enhance nutrition and strengthen national industry in Pakistan.

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At least 40 million smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are profiting from more than 200 new drought-tolerant varieties of maize.

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Cropping systems can become more resilient in the face of climate change through better coordination and standardization.