Farmers plant Heat Tolerant Maize varieties to improve their food security and livelihood in climate-vulnerable areas of South Asia, on over 20,000 ha
Growing heat-tolerant maize can reduce yield losses due to climate change by up to 36% (rainfed) and 93% (irrigated). Heat Tolerant Maize for Asia (HTMA, 2013-17) helped smallholder farmers in climate-vulnerable ecologies to secure their food security and livelihoods, ensured technologies' equal acc...
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| Formato: | Case Study |
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2020
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121559 |
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