The CIMMYT Board of Trustees will hold its second full meeting of the year in Nairobi from 2-6 October. In addition to regular business, the Board will spend a day visiting CIMMYT and KARI work in the field and will discuss the mini-reviews of two projects (P3-Stress tolerant maize and P5- African livelihoods). The Nairobi session will be followed by a joint meeting between the CIMMYT and IRRI Board Executive Committees in Dubai on 7 October.