CIMMYT
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Wageningen University & Research in The Netherlands and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, CIMMYT, are offering a PhD fellowship in Gender-Responsive Innovation in Maize and Wheat. Innovation in agriculture and natural resource management is critical to reducing rural poverty, but gender norms and social restrictions often influence the ability of different groups of…
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Cuisine in Mexico and Kenya have a major ingredient in common – maize – and a food preparation method used for thousands of years in the area around modern Mexico could expand dish options and add nutrients for Kenyans, while reducing aflatoxin contamination in the food. The process – called nixtamalization – involves cooking and…