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Abiotic stress tolerant maize for increasing income and food security among the poor in eastern India and Bangladesh

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Global Food security

This project contributes to the research aim 'Global food security'. What are the sub-aims? Take a look:
Global Food security


Project code: 81099944
Contract period: 01.01.2008 - 30.12.2010
Budget: 1,000,000 Euro
Purpose of research: Basic research

To enhance food and income security of resource-poor farming families and consumers in India and Bangladesh To provide poor farmers with stress-tolerant, short-duration maize varieties with improved protein quality that offer crop diversification and intensification options, greater yields under conditions of water shortage and waterlogging,and improved nutritional value as livestock feed and human food

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