Farmers plant Heat Tolerant Maize varieties to improve their food security and livelihood in climate-vulnerable areas of South Asia, on over 20,000 ha
Growing heat-tolerant maize can reduce yield losses due to climate change by up to 36% (rainfed) and 93% (irrigated). Heat Tolerant Maize for Asia (HTMA, 2013-17) helped smallholder farmers in climate-vulnerable ecologies to secure their food security and livelihoods, ensured technologies' equal access to women farmers and incorporated gender-preferred nutrition traits. 50+ CIMMYT maize hybrids have been licensed to public and private partners (2015-2020) for release. By 2020, farmers had adopted 16 varieties on over 20,000 ha.
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| Format: | Case Study biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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2020-12-31
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| Subjects: | climate change, food security, gender, farmers, maize, climate, livelihoods, varieties, nutrition, women, hybrids, losses, yield losses, women farmers, food, south asia, heat, plants, asia, smallholder farmers, case studies, agrifood systems, rural development, |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121559 |
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