Pakistan is releasing quality protein maize for commercial consumption, which could help boost nutrition across the country where nearly half of all children are chronically malnourished.

Public and private sector maize stakeholders came together to discuss CIMMYT’s maize interventions and innovations in Pakistan during a recent radio interview.

Pakistani and CIMMYT scientists are working with wheat farmers to test and promote precision agriculture technology.

New varieties of white maize in Pakistan have the potential to both quadruple savings of irrigation water and double crop yields for farmers.

CIMMYT inaugurated the first national maize stem borer mass rearing laboratory at the National Agricultural Research Center in Islamabad on 25 October 2016.

The Agricultural Innovation Program Agronomy’s annual meeting was held in Islamabad, Pakistan, on 2-3 August 2016.

CIMMYT collaborates with the Cereal Crops Research Institute and Petal Seed, a local seed company in Pakistan to produce new planters.

A training course on maize breeding program management and statistical data analysis was held from 23-27 May 2016 in Islamabad, Pakistan.

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

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

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

AIP meets to review progress and plan follow up surveys to address farmer demands and future challenges.