Pakistan
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Cross-sector collaboration needed to boost wheat production in Pakistan
Capacity development
Agronomy experts from across Pakistan gathered earlier this month to discuss progress in Pakistan since 2014 under the USAID funded Agricultural Innovation Program.
Public-private partnerships boost maize productivity in Pakistan
Capacity development
A recently held traveling seminar brought together private and public seed partners in Pakistan to enhance maize production and productivity in order to meet current demand and plan for future needs.
Media highlight sustainable innovations in Pakistan during USAID tour
Nutrition, health and food security
Farmers in Pakistan benefit from new zinc-enriched high-yielding wheat
Nutrition, health and food security
Farmers in Pakistan are eagerly adopting a nutrient-enhanced wheat variety offering improved food security, higher incomes, health benefits and a delicious taste.
New planters promote environmentally-friendly farming in Pakistan
Innovations
Farmers and research partners are praising innovative, locally manufactured farm implements that support conservation agriculture in rice-wheat farming rotation in Pakistan.
Breaking Ground: AbduRahman Beshir is revitalizing Pakistan’s maize sector
Nutrition, health and food security
AbduRahman Beshir and his team are developing climate-resilient, biofortified and biotic stress-tolerant maize to enhance the maize seed sector.
New Publications: Consumer preference for GM food in Pakistan
Nutrition, health and food security
WhileGM foods continue to be a topic of debate in much of the developed world, few studies have focused on consumers’ acceptance of GM food in developing countries.
Breaking Ground: Akhter Ali helps transform agriculture sector in Pakistan
Capacity development
Akhter Ali always knew he wanted to have an impact on the livelihoods of farmers in Pakistan.
Pakistan releases first quality protein maize varieties
Nutrition, health and food security
Pakistan is releasing quality protein maize for commercial consumption, which could help boost nutrition across the country where nearly half of all children are chronically malnourished.
Radio broadcast highlights maize improvement in Pakistan
Nutrition, health and food security
Public and private sector maize stakeholders came together to discuss CIMMYT’s maize interventions and innovations in Pakistan during a recent radio interview.
Crop sensors sharpen nitrogen management for wheat in Pakistan
Innovations
Pakistani and CIMMYT scientists are working with wheat farmers to test and promote precision agriculture technology.
Water-saving maize holds potential to boost farmer resilience to climate change in Pakistan
Climate adaptation and mitigation
New varieties of white maize in Pakistan have the potential to both quadruple savings of irrigation water and double crop yields for farmers.
National maize stem borer mass rearing laboratory inaugurated in Pakistan
Nutrition, health and food security
CIMMYT inaugurated the first national maize stem borer mass rearing laboratory at the National Agricultural Research Center in Islamabad on 25 October 2016.
Pakistani farmers adopt new and improved agronomic techniques
Capacity development
The Agricultural Innovation Program Agronomy’s annual meeting was held in Islamabad, Pakistan, on 2-3 August 2016.
Push row planters manufactured and distributed locally among smallholder maize farmers in Pakistan
Capacity development
CIMMYT collaborates with the Cereal Crops Research Institute and Petal Seed, a local seed company in Pakistan to produce new planters.