Amen Mandizvidza is an assistant research associate with CIMMYT’s Global Maize Program, based in Zimbabwe.
Mandizvidza works to facilitate the adoption and implementation of seed road maps for drought-tolerant maize varieties and the production of certified seed, and provides technical seed production support to NGOs and private seed companies. He also implements on-farm trials and supports abiotic stress phenotyping and the application of phenotyping tools in maize breeding operations.
Innovations
CIMMYT announces the release of five new, improved tropical maize hybrids for licensing, offering drought tolerance, high yield, and resistance to key diseases, tailored to enhance productivity in stress-prone agroecologies of Southern Africa
Climate adaptation and mitigation
For more than a decade, the participatory regional on-farm trials (ROFT) have involved hundreds of farmers to identify the most suitable new maize hybrids, contributing to CIMMYT’s mandate of tackling food and nutrition insecurity through advanced breeding methods
