TY  - GM
AU  - Chere,A.T.
AU  - Kelemu,K.
AU  - Tadesse,A.
AU  - Dagne Wegary Gissa
TI  - A quality protein maize (QPM) manual for agricultural extension in Ethiopia
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Addis Adaba, Ethiopia : 
PB  - CIMMYT : , CGIAR, 
KW  - Maize
KW  - AGROVOC
KW  - Protein quality
KW  - Agricultural extension
KW  - Ethiopia
N1  - Open Access
N2  - This manual introduces the key features of QPM, its nutritional benefits and importance, and techniques of production. It gives an updated information about the QPM varieties that are available for commercial production and their agro-ecological adaptation areas in the country, together with the agronomic practices required for grain and seed production. It also include a brief accounts of management of the most important pests attacking maize. The manual has been prepared to assist agricultural extension staff at grassroots level to train and advice farmers by explaining in simple terms about QPM technology and its nutritional benefits, and to concisely describe production techniques. It also enables to communicate a uniform and consistent messages to farmers and consumers in training and field days across the country
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10883/19327
ER  -