CIMMYT's maize improvement program
1986
Cantrell, R.P. (CIMMYT, Mexico, DF (Mexico). Maize Program)
The objective of the Maize Improvement Program of CIMMYT is to supply national research programs with essential foods and services for improving maize productivity in developing countries. Among the goods provided are improved varieties, which are developed through the program's population improvement scheme and tested and distributed by means of its international testing network. These varieties are intermediate research products that must be further refined and adapted by national programs before being released to farmers. Other goods and services provided by the maize program are various research methodologies (including approaches to on-farm research) and training, which is offered both at headquarters in Mexico and in the countries whose national programs work with CIMMYT's regional maize specialists. An important task of these staff members is to assist national researchers in identifying and meeting research needs and to pass back to CIMMYT information that may be useful in directing the research it conducts
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