Over 5 million sub-Saharan African households benefit from improved drought tolerant maize varieties
The Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa project, followed by the Stress Tolerant Maize for Africa project, gave smallholder farmers in 13 countries access to improved drought and stress tolerant maize varieties. Over 200 distinct drought tolerant maize hybrids and open pollinated varieties were releas...
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| Formato: | Case Study |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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2019
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121567 |
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