Stress Tolerant Quality Protein Maize (QPM) for Sub-Saharan Africa

Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Congo Republic, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

The grant was extended to the International Center for the Improvement of Maize and Wheat (CIMMYT) to enhance food and income security in drought-prone areas of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly to the resource-poor and women and children. The specific objective was to generate and disseminate QPM varieties to abiotic and biotic stress and adapted to the drought prone mid-altitude of Sub-Saharan Africa.