The Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa Initiative

GMP Africa Maize Breeding Course
Date: 24 – 30 August 2014
Venue: Harare Zimbabwe

CIMMYT and IITA are pleased to announce the 2014 Senior Maize Breeders Update Course. The course is designed to introduce mid-career and senior breeders to new germplasm, breeding informatics tools, approaches to improving the quality of phenotyping, advanced technologies in maize breeding, and application of GIS in variety development and testing. Read more

DTMA Annual Review and Planning Meeting
Date: 6 – 10 October 2014
Venue: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

The 2014 DTMA Annual Review and Planning meeting is scheduled for 6-10 October in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The meeting is being jointly organized by the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research and CIMMYT/IITA.

GMP Africa Meeting  
Date: 28 - 31 July 2014
Venue: Nairobi, Kenya

Breeders and seed systems specialists working in the Global Maize Program in Africa will be having their annual meeting in Nairobi, Kenya.