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Pakistan Marks Borlaug’s 100th Birthday with Commemorative Stamp
Amina Nasim Khan and Mike Listman Mr. Sikhandar Hayat Khan Bossan, Federal Minister for Food Security and Research, Pakistan, unveils a new stamp to commemorate the 100th birthday in 2014 of late wheat...
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Pakistan Wheat Farmers Call for Quality Seed of the Right Varieties
A Pakistani farmer carries seed of a new wheat variety for on-farm testing. Photo: Anju Joshi/CIMMYT Krishna Dev Joshi and Mike Listman Lack of good seed of appropriate varieties is holding back...
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Zero Tillage for Smallholder Wheat Farmers in Balochistan, Pakistan
Imtiaz Hussain, Mehdi Hassan and Amina Nasim Khan Under the Agricultural Innovation Program (AIP) for Pakistan and in collaboration with Balochistan Agriculture Research, CIMMYT has begun testing and...
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Men’s Roles and Attitudes are Key to Gender Progress, says CIMMYT Gender...
Mike Listman Photo: Xochiquetzal Fonseca/CIMMYT Gender research and outreach should engage men more effectively, according to Paula Kantor, CIMMYT gender and development specialist who is leading an...
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Changing Wheat Landscape in Pakistan Demands New Breeding Strategies
Krishna Dev Joshi, Attiq Ur Rehman, Katelyn Roett, Mike Listman and Roberto Javier Peña To meet the rapidly-evolving preferences of Pakistan consumers, more of whom now live in cities and are...
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AIP-CIMMYT Conducts the Largest Evaluation of Maize Germplasm in Pakistan’s...
AbduRahman Beshir Pakistan’s Agricultural Innovation Program (AIP) tested more than 700 diverse maize lines this past year, as part of its efforts to develop more affordable, well-adapted maize...
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Wheat Seed Growers in Balochistan, Pakistan, Benefit from First Sector-wide...
Attiq Ur Rehman, Tariq Saleem, Mike Listman and Krishna Dev Joshi CIMMYT organized a one-day training session and on-farm demonstration on 17 March 2015 on participatory wheat variety selection, during...
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AIP-CIMMYT Holds National Meeting on Conservation Agriculture in Pakistan
Imtiaz Hussain “Cereal system productivity cannot be improved without improving agronomic practices,” declared Shahid Masood, Member of the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) at a two-day...
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First Wheat Improvement Training Course for Young Scientists Held in Pakistan
Monsif-ur-Rehman, Amina Nasim Khan and Imtiaz Muhammad The Wheat Productivity Enhancement Program (WPEP) in Pakistan, led by CIMMYT and funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is...
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AIP-CIMMYT Holds National Meeting on Conservation Agriculture in Pakistan
Imtiaz Hussain Inaugural session of the AIP-Agronomy national meeting on conservation agriculture. Photo: Amina Nasim Khan “Cereal system productivity cannot be improved without improving agronomic...
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