Quality protein maize for small scale farmers

Improved maize with double the nutritional qualities of standard varieties is beginning to spread to small-scale farmers in many parts of Africa. Known as QPM or Quality Protein Maize, it has double the levels of lysine a particularly important...

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Format: News Item
Language:Inglés
Published: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 1996
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/47329
Description
Summary:Improved maize with double the nutritional qualities of standard varieties is beginning to spread to small-scale farmers in many parts of Africa. Known as QPM or Quality Protein Maize, it has double the levels of lysine a particularly important...