Maize vendor
Street vendors in Islamabad, Pakistan, sell boiled and roasted maize. The sale of green maize is the livelihood of many
Pakistanis, both young and old. Venders navigate the streets with locally-made trollies loaded with green cobs and boil or
roast maize for their buyers instantly. They use sand for roasting the grains. CIMMYT-Pakistan targets the improvement of
yield and nutritional quality of maize in Pakistan under the USAID-funded Agricultural Innovation Program.
AbduRahman Beshir/CIMMYT
Maize vendor
Street vendors in Islamabad, Pakistan, sell boiled and roasted maize. The sale of green maize is the livelihood of many
Pakistanis, both young and old. Venders navigate the streets with locally-made trollies loaded with green cobs and boil or
roast maize for their buyers instantly. They use sand for roasting the grains. CIMMYT-Pakistan targets the improvement of
yield and nutritional quality of maize in Pakistan under the USAID-funded Agricultural Innovation Program.
AbduRahman Beshir/CIMMYT