Posts Tagged ‘Mali’
How collaboration can help grow and transform agriculture in Africa
May 16, 2018Women at a maize mill in Ethiopia. Photo: CIMMYT/P. Lowe It’s been four years since African leaders met in Equatorial Guinea to commit themselves to boosting agricultural growth across the continent. …
Harnessing maize biodiversity for food security, improved livelihoods in Africa
May 20, 2016Diverse, stress tolerant maize varieties are benefiting smallholders throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
Stress Tolerant Maize for Africa
April 27, 2016The Stress Tolerant Maize for Africa (STMA) project aims to diminish devastating constraints in maize production that occur simultaneously across many regions in sub-Saharan Africa. The project develo …
Millions of smallholders in Africa benefit from climate resilient drought-tolerant maize
April 21, 2016At least 40 million smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are profiting from more than 200 new drought-tolerant varieties of maize.
New project helps African farmers address multiple stresses in maize farming
March 21, 2016Photo: Peter Lowe/CIMMYT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Arusha, Tanzania, March 22 (CIMMYT) – The International Maize and Wheat Improvement center (CIMMYT) and its partners have unveiled a new project – Stress …
Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa
February 22, 2016The Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa project aims to mitigate drought and other constraints to maize production in sub-Saharan Africa, increasing maize yields by at least one ton per hectare under mo …
Training to build maize breeding capacity in Africa
October 30, 2012Thirty-six senior maize breeders from fifteen African countries participated in a course in Nairobi, Kenya, from 1 to 4 October 2012. The course attracted participants from national agricultural resea …
DTMA III holds annual meeting
October 26, 2012The Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa (DTMA) Initiative held its first annual meeting of phase 3 during 24- 28 September 2012 at the Nairobi Safari Club Hotel in Kenya. The meeting was attended by 83 …
DTMA partners in West Africa gather for annual regional planning meeting
May 17, 2012The Regional Planning Meeting for phase III of the Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa (DTMA) project was held in Kumasi, Ghana, during the week of 16-19 April 2012. The objectives of this meeting were …
CIMMYT and IITA build capacity in variety release approaches in West and eastern Africa
July 28, 2008Between July 21 and 26, 2008, CIMMYT in collaboration with the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the national agricultural research systems (NARS) in Benin and Mali conducted …