Indonesia
Indonesia-CIMMYT increase cooperation on maize research
Source: Gatra (3 Sep 2019)
CIMMYT and the Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development sign MoU.
CIMMYT and Indonesia’s agricultural research agency renew collaboration
The Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development (IAARD) signed a memorandum of understanding with CIMMYT to reaffirm their research partnership for maize and wheat improvement.
Visiting researcher from Malaysia studies growing importance of maize and wheat in the country
Fazleen Abdul Fatah notes that few studies document shifts between cereals.
Researchers set new climate services strategy in Bangladesh
Scientists from across South and Southeast Asia launched a new agenda earlier this week to boost community involvement in developing climate information and extension messaging services across the region.
AAA hybrids move towards commercialization
PLC6 is a term used to refer to an advanced stage of hybrid testing at Syngenta, a partner of the Affordable, Accessible, Asian (AAA) Drought Tolerant Maize Project. Four hybrids, representing combinations of Syngenta and CIMMYT germplasm are currently at PLC6 in big plots at multiple locations. The trajectory of this process points to pilot marketing of a limited quantity of hybrid seed in 2016 and a full market launch in 2017.
