CIMMYT Informa 1855

Climate change figures prominently in todayтАЩs Informa, with reports on how the phenomenon will affect maize farming in southern Africa and on efforts to generate heat resilient maize for Asia. Researchers in Africa also attended training on how to breed for insect resistance in maize. Pulling the preceding together is NSIMA, work to ensure that quality, improved maize seed featuring these and other valuable traits is made available to smallholder farmers in Africa. Finally, you may be interested to know that Russia is strengthening its wheat research partnership with CIMMYT.