Maize
Leading nutritionist cites whole grains as critical for better nutrition and health
Nutrition, health and food security
People who eat whole grain foods have a lower risk of almost all chronic diseases and are less likely to gain weight as they age, according to nutritionist Julie Miller Jones.
New online portal offers information to curb maize lethal necrosis in Africa
Innovations
The new maize lethal necrosis online portal provides up-to-date information and surveillance tools to help researchers control and stop the spread of the deadly disease.
Seed certification critical to quality seed production
Capacity development
To ensure that quality seed standards are maintained, CIMMYT supports partners such as national agricultural research institutions and seed producers in acquisition and production of pure early generation seed.
CIMMYT renames lab to honor Evangelina Villegas, World Food Prize laureate
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Villegas was recognized for co-developing quality protein maize.
CIMMYT museum highlights cultural aspects of maize and wheat
Capacity development
A new museum in Mexico provides historical background and context for scientific research into maize and wheat, emphasizing agricultural achievements in the developing world.
Young African scientists gain inspiration from experienced maize researchers
Capacity development
CIMMYT’s Global Maize Program (GMP) team in Africa attended the AfPBA training program held June 2016 at the World Agroforestry Center.
Drought-tolerant maize a boon to farmers in Zambia hit by El Niño
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Drought-related challenges in Africa call for proactive interventions rather than reactive ones.
Maize seed systems in Africa: Understanding the basics
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Since 2006, CIMMYT has developed 200 drought-tolerant varieties and hybrids, many of which possess desirable traits such as resistance to major diseases.
Kenyan maize nutrition and safety get boost from ancient Mexican technique
Nutrition, health and food security
Modern nixtamalization technology could increase maize uses and offer Kenyans invaluable benefits.
Tanzania seed company increases demand for drought-tolerant maize
Nutrition, health and food security
Locally adapted marketing initiatives are successfully converting farmers to the high-performing, drought-tolerant maize variety Lubango in Tanzania.
CIMMYT empowers a new generation of maize breeders in Zambia
Capacity development
CIMMYT conducted a training course in Zambia for maize breeders teaching modern maize breeding methods.
Changing the pace of maize breeding in Africa through doubled-haploid technology
Capacity development
Two words – accelerated breeding – are synonymous to doubled-haploid (DH) based maize breeding. This was the core message shared with 56 maize breeders from 10 African countries who recently participated in a two-day training workshop organized by CIMMYT’s Global Maize Program (GMP) in Nairobi, Kenya, from September 23–24, 2015. The breeders benefited from the knowledge and experience of resource persons from public and private institutions in France, Germany and USA who have dedicated years of research on the DH technology that is changing the pace of maize breeding.
Maize that packs a punch in face of adversity: unveiling new branded varieties for Africa
Climate adaptation and mitigation
CIMMYT advances in fight against MLN
Nutrition, health and food security
Scientists have made progress in identifying maize varieties that could combat maize lethal necrosis (MLN) disease, reported SciDev.Net Sub-Saharan Africa last month in the article “Experts on track to create maize varieties to tame virus” by Robin Hammond.
