Tanzanian farmers show off their healthy drought tolerant maize
Tanzanian farmers show off one of their healthy maize ears, of the improved, drought tolerant variety TAN 250. Through their maize plot they demonstrate the variety to their neighbors, in partnership with Tanzanian seed company Tanseed International Limited. These farmer-owned, farmer-managed demonstration plots are one of many strategies for promoting and encouraging adoption of improved varieties.
TAN 250 was developed in collaboration with CIMMYT's Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa (DTMA) project, based on material from CIMMYT-Zimbabwe, CIMMYT-Mexico and Tanzania. For more about the collaboration between Tanseed and CIMMYT, see CIMMYT's June 2009 e-news story "No maize, no life!" available online at: www.cimmyt.org/en/newsletter/38-2009/119-genetic-resource....
For more about DTMA see: dtma.cimmyt.org.
Photo credit: Anne Wangalachi/CIMMYT.
Tanzanian farmers show off their healthy drought tolerant maize
Tanzanian farmers show off one of their healthy maize ears, of the improved, drought tolerant variety TAN 250. Through their maize plot they demonstrate the variety to their neighbors, in partnership with Tanzanian seed company Tanseed International Limited. These farmer-owned, farmer-managed demonstration plots are one of many strategies for promoting and encouraging adoption of improved varieties.
TAN 250 was developed in collaboration with CIMMYT's Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa (DTMA) project, based on material from CIMMYT-Zimbabwe, CIMMYT-Mexico and Tanzania. For more about the collaboration between Tanseed and CIMMYT, see CIMMYT's June 2009 e-news story "No maize, no life!" available online at: www.cimmyt.org/en/newsletter/38-2009/119-genetic-resource....
For more about DTMA see: dtma.cimmyt.org.
Photo credit: Anne Wangalachi/CIMMYT.