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July 19, 2024
Nigerian farmers, scientists divided over GM maize (SciDev.net)
May 14, 2024
Lessons from Africa’s largest producer of GMO maize
April 22, 2024
Youth farmer Edelqueen Anyiso’s story of resilience in growing TAAT-promoted drought-tolerant maize varieties
Kenya - Margaret Shitandi: Growing high-yielding hybrid maize varieties has helped me to improve my household income
November 22, 2023
Insights from Dr. Mike Barrow’s quest for resilient maize varieties (Farmers Review Africa)
April 14, 2023
Tela maize to boost Nigeria’s maize production – expert
October 28, 2022
Kenya has lifted its ban on genetically modified crops: the risks and opportunities (The Conversation)
January 27, 2022
Seed collecting, conservation and collaboration in West Africa
December 13, 2021
Key lessons from Nigeria's environmental approval of Tela maize
September 22, 2021
The promise - and limits - of Bt maize to manage fall armyworm in Africa
August 26, 2021
GM maize progresses in Nigeria as farmers struggle with drought and insect pests
August 13, 2021
When it comes to maize variety choices, can farmers have it all? Varietal trait prioritization is important for balancing commercial realities and farmers’ diverse interests
March 19, 2021
Poverty and hunger follow Africa’s fall armyworm invasion
March 15, 2021
Researchers call for gender-friendly crop varieties to aid food security
January 22, 2021
Africa urged to fast-track adoption of second-generation resistant maize varieties (Africa Science News)
November 12, 2019
Low growth in corn yields has dragged down sub-Saharan African corn production
October 16, 2019
Ten things you should know about maize and wheat
July 10, 2019
Bill Gates highlights impact of CIMMYT’s drought-tolerant maize
May 28, 2019
Time for multiple sectors to fight aflatoxin in Africa (SciDev.Net)
April 30, 2019
Taking maize agronomy to scale in Africa Q&A - Jens Andersson, a social scientist at CIMMYT, speaks on how we could reinvent advisory services for the African smallholder farmers
April 16, 2018
Kenya - Can genetic maize rescue our farmers from fall armyworm? (The Star)
March 26, 2018
Hybrid seed to propel yields by 20%, says African Agricultural Technology Foundation (NewsDay)
December 15, 2017
Facing the fall armyworm threat
September 6, 2017
Benefits of genetically modified maize plant to the Kenyan farmer (Standard Media)
September 5, 2017
Kenya - Allow farmers to grow GM maize, scientists plead (Daily Nation)
July 19, 2017
CIMMYT - Breaking ground: Dagne Wegary at a busy intersection on the maize value
October 17, 2016
Maize seed: origin of agricultural development and food systems
September 27, 2016
Gene bank crowdfunding campaign gains traction with commercial seed industry - A pledge of $10,000 by international plant breeding company KWS has given a big boost to an online crowdfunding initiative aiming to help maintain the world’s largest maize and wheat germplasm bank
September 22, 2016
Grüne Biotechnologie wird in Afrika von den Regierungen forciert, von Nichtregierungsorganisationen kritisiert. In Dürrezeiten wie jetzt erweist sie sich als segensreich (Neue Zürcher Zeitung)
July 12, 2016
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