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020			_a 9781009434713
022			_2https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009434713.010
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041			_aeng
100	1		_aByerlee, D. _9455
245	1	0	_aChapter 9. Fifty years of change in maize research at CIMMYT
260			_aUnited Kingdom : _bCambridge University Press, _c2024.
500			_aOpen Access
520			_aThis chapter describes international maize-breeding research at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) across its first fifty years. Initially, breeders used landraces to create varieties whose seed, freely distributed through an international testing network, could be saved by farmers. A second phase in which CIMMYT forged partnerships with local and regional seed companies reflected the shift toward “market-led development.” This moderated free access to seed and fostered a gradual switch to hybrid technology. A trend among donors towards increased accountability and shorter funding cycles concurrently restricted CIMMYT’s investment in long-run research goals and accelerated a change of focus to Africa. Nonetheless, the development of germplasm tolerating drought and low soil fertility continued for decades, with eventual payoffs. Meanwhile, a long-running program to improve protein nutrition through high lysine maize varieties stalled due to lack of demand. In the twenty-first century, partnerships with global private seed companies allowed access to new technologies such as advanced screening methods, genomic selection, doubled haploids and gene editing.
546			_aText in English
610	2	7	_aCentro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo (CIMMYT) _9978
650		7	_aPlant breeding _2AGROVOC _91203
650		7	_aMaize _2AGROVOC _91173
650		7	_aHybrids _2AGROVOC _91151
650		7	_aOpen pollination _2AGROVOC _96574
650		7	_aPublic-private partnerships _2AGROVOC _910552
650		7	_aSeed industry _2AGROVOC _96899
650		7	_aProtein quality _2AGROVOC _91223
651		7	_aAfrica _2AGROVOC _91316
700	1		_aEdmeades, G. _95550
773			_dUnited Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2024. _gp. 209 - 233 _tAgricultural Science as International Development: Historical Perspectives on the CGIAR Era _z 9781009434713
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