Tanzania: Creating Drought-Tolerant Maize

From: Yona Maro

In Morogoro, a drought-prone area in Tanzania, farmers are using certified maize seed and urging other farmers to grow a new drought tolerant variety, TAN250, which they say is like “an insurance against hunger and total crop failure, even under hot, dry conditions like those of recent years.”

Link:
http://allafrica.com/download/resource/main/main/idatcs/00080087:9ee4ef357b37e4c32c36ad4593df82d5.pdf

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