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Maize protects Colombian coffee from climate change
Preliminary results have shown that a maize-coffee cropping system acts like a huge atmospheric carbon sink, capturing up to 60 times more carbon than a coffee-bean system during one cycle of the associated temporary bean crop. In addition, maize creates a more adequate microclimate for coffee’s growth and development because it reduces air temperature, helps to maintain soil moisture and decreases daytime-nighttime soil temperature fluctuations. This has a buffer effect that benefits soil biochemical processes and improves crop productivity.
SUPER WOMAN: Asriani Anie Annisa Hasan protects local Indonesian maize varieties
SUPER WOMAN: Candice Gardner plays major role in preserving U.S. maize diversity
SUPER WOMAN: Jennifer Brito’s “tortillas verdes” improve maize nutritional value
SUPER WOMAN: Chhavi Tiwari aids women farmers with zinc-fortified wheat
SUPER WOMAN: Julie King tames wild relatives of wheat, improving resilience
SUPER WOMAN: Evangelina Villegas developed transformative quality-protein maize
SUPER WOMAN: Paula Kantor engages men to support gender progress
SUPER WOMAN: Jeanie Borlaug Laube unites global wheat community
Super woman: Rosalind Morris an “outstanding wheat cytogeneticist”
She conducted genetic studies with worldwide importance in explaining wheat genetics.
SUPER WOMAN: Nobel winner Barbara McClintock discovered “jumping genes”
SUPER WOMAN: Julie Miller Jones dispels myths that wheat protein is unhealthy
A nutritionist outspoken about the negative consequences of gluten-free diets, shares her views.
SUPER WOMAN: Jane Ininda “priceless gem” to maize development in Africa
SUPER WOMAN: Suchismita Mondal develops climate change resilient wheat
Suchismita Mondal was inspired by the humble flour tortilla to take up a career as an international wheat breeder.