Partnership for improved maize for Chinese farmers
CIMMYT maize breeder Dan Jeffers (left) and Fan Xingming, Director of the Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (YAAS), discuss the performance of new maize hybrids during a visit to a farmer in Yunnan Province, China. Hybrid varieties such as Yunrui 8 and Yunrui 88 have been developed by YAAS using CIMMYT and local germplasm. They are high-yielding, resistant to important diseases, and drought tolerant, and farmers report that the ears can be stored for longer and are better for animal feed—all of which makes them very popular with farmers. CIMMYT has a strong and healthy collaboration with YAAS, an important part of the center's growing relationship with China.
Photo credit: Michelle DeFreese/CIMMYT.
For more about CIMMYT and China, see CIMMYT's blog story at: blog.cimmyt.org/?p=6188.
Partnership for improved maize for Chinese farmers
CIMMYT maize breeder Dan Jeffers (left) and Fan Xingming, Director of the Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (YAAS), discuss the performance of new maize hybrids during a visit to a farmer in Yunnan Province, China. Hybrid varieties such as Yunrui 8 and Yunrui 88 have been developed by YAAS using CIMMYT and local germplasm. They are high-yielding, resistant to important diseases, and drought tolerant, and farmers report that the ears can be stored for longer and are better for animal feed—all of which makes them very popular with farmers. CIMMYT has a strong and healthy collaboration with YAAS, an important part of the center's growing relationship with China.
Photo credit: Michelle DeFreese/CIMMYT.
For more about CIMMYT and China, see CIMMYT's blog story at: blog.cimmyt.org/?p=6188.