Posts Tagged ‘El Salvador’
Central American Agriculture and Livestock Council signs agreement with CIMMYT
January 5, 2015At El Batán, Mexico, on 03 December, Thomas A. Lumpkin, CIMMYT director general, signed a memorandum of understanding with Julio Calderón, Executive Secretary of the Central American Agriculture and …
New postharvest storage technologies for Latin America
March 23, 2013The 2nd Latin American Convention on Airtight Storage sponsored by the global company GrainPro, Inc was held during 1-2 March 2013 in Antigua, Guatemala. More than 50 participants from Brazil, Ecuador …
Climate change threatens one million maize and beans farmers in Central America
October 9, 2012(SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – 9th October 2012) – Higher temperatures and changes in rainfall patterns could transform the agricultural landscape of Central America, threatening the livelihoods of one …
Tribute to Hugo Córdova: the passing of a great scientist and hunger fighter
May 14, 2012The CIMMYT community and friends across the globe mourn the loss of maize breeder and distinguished scientist, Hugo Salvador Córdova Orellana, who died on 25 December 2009. Córdova worked for more tha …
Latin American ministers visit CIMMYT and develop food price crisis strategy
May 14, 2012CIMMYT E-News, vol 5 no. 5, May 2008 Skyrocketing food prices recently brought Latin American agriculture ministers from 14 countries and development experts to CIMMYT to seek a way forward for a regi …
Push for quality protein maize in El Salvador
September 7, 2009It was unusually hot for the rainy season, but the torrid sun did not dampen farmers’ enthusiasm on the afternoon of 02 September 2009. “This is a variety that yields well, even if we don’t put lots o …
Quality protein maize cultivars released in El Salvador
June 20, 2008Three quality protein maize hybrids—Platino (CML144/CML159//CML503/CML502), Oro Blanco(CML503/CML492//CML491), and synthetic Protemas (03TLWQAB3)—were released to farmers at the headquarters of the na …