Maize
International program ushers in a new era of maize farming in Pakistan
Innovations
Agricultural Innovation Program (AIP) comes to a close but its impact lives on.
The many colors of maize, the material of life
Environmental health and biodiversity
The use of corn husk as veneer has helped a town to preserve maize biodiversity, protect the environment and reduce migration.
Researcher says COVID-19 to affect Africa’s food situation
Nutrition, health and food security
Source: News Ghana (4 Jun 2020)
CIMMYT Global Maize Program Director B.M. Prasanna calls on scientists to help countries in finding faster solutions to the effects of COVID-19 on food security.
Two decades of illustrious service
Capacity development
Stephen Mugo retires from CIMMYT after more than twenty years of commitment and scientific contributions.
Fight against viruses, also in defense of maize and our food
Environmental health and biodiversity
Source: Donne del Food (31 May 2020)
B.M. Prasanna, director of CIMMYT’s Global Maize Program and the CGIAR Research Program on Maize, discusses the viral disease maize lethal necrosis.
Breaking Ground: Yoseph Beyene breeds desirable maize varieties for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa
Innovations
CIMMYT breeder applies new tools and technologies to accelerate genetic gains, make breeding more efficient, and keep up with the changing dynamics of biotic and abiotic stresses.
Battling devastating viral diseases, also in plants
Nutrition, health and food security
Maize lethal necrosis has taught us that intensive efforts to keep human and plant diseases at bay need to continue beyond the COVID-19 crisis.
This little seed went to market
Capacity development
Seed companies in Malawi share how they chose their flagship varieties and got them onto the commercial market.
Fall armyworm survey marks CIMMYT’s first research project in Laos
Nutrition, health and food security
Hot on the trail of fall armyworm, CIMMYT builds local research partnerships in Southeast Asia.
In the best possible taste
Nutrition, health and food security
Researchers in Kenya and Uganda are incorporating sensory preferences like taste, smell or texture into maize breeding.
CIMMYT and Pakistan: 60 years of collaboration
Nutrition, health and food security
New fact sheet captures the impact of six decades of maize and wheat research in Pakistan.
Out of the classroom and into the field
Capacity development
Malawian smallholders tackle challenges together using the farmer field school approach.
Collective efforts to fight fall armyworm in Nepal
Capacity development
Stakeholders work together to strengthen systems for detecting, mitigating and managing the invasion of the destructive pest.
Seeing is believing
Climate adaptation and mitigation
At demonstration farms, Kenyan farmers discover the stress-tolerant maize varieties they were looking for.
New greenhouse honors scientist, aims to further maize wild relatives research
Nutrition, health and food security
In an environment designed for experimental study and regeneration, maize ancestors can thrive.