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Maize on the water in Xochimilco

nobody@flickr.com (CIMMYT) — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:38:50 -0700

CIMMYT posted a photo:

Roasted maize ears on sale in Xochimilco, in the south of Mexico City. Xochimilco is known for its system of canals and artificial islands, or floating gardens, known as "chinampas", that remain as a vestige of the city's pre-Hispanic past. Visitors ride in colorful boats called “trajineras”, while vendors in smaller boats called "chalupas” offer souvenirs and delicious foodstuffs like this fresh maize, cooked on the boat itself.

Photo credit: M. DeFreese/CIMMYT.

Maize on the water in Xochimilco

nobody@flickr.com (CIMMYT) — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:38:49 -0700

CIMMYT posted a photo:

Maize on the water in Xochimilco

nobody@flickr.com (CIMMYT) — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:38:47 -0700

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Maize on the water in Xochimilco

nobody@flickr.com (CIMMYT) — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:38:55 -0700

CIMMYT posted a photo:

Roasted and boiled maize ears on sale in Xochimilco, in the south of Mexico City. Xochimilco is known for its system of canals and artificial islands, or floating gardens, known as "chinampas", that remain as a vestige of the city's pre-Hispanic past. Visitors ride in colorful boats called “trajineras”, while vendors in smaller boats called "chalupas” offer souvenirs and delicious foodstuffs like this fresh maize, cooked on the boat itself.

Photo credit: M. DeFreese/CIMMYT.

Maize on the water in Xochimilco

nobody@flickr.com (CIMMYT) — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:38:53 -0700

CIMMYT posted a photo:

Maize on the water in Xochimilco

nobody@flickr.com (CIMMYT) — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:38:52 -0700

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Drying maize flour in Malawi

nobody@flickr.com (CIMMYT) — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:41:52 -0700

CIMMYT posted a photo:

Ester Samuel, of Lemu, Balaka, Malawi, spreads out maize flour to dry it. Her family is one of those that is benefitting from the introduction of conservation agriculture (CA) practices that offer reliable harvests and freedom from hunger and food insecurity. Her uncle, Felix Twaya, farms about three acres of land. On one of his 0.1 hectare plots, he has been practicing conservation agriculture (CA) for three years. Previously, he would harvest 7 50 kg bags of maize from the plot. With CA, he is now harvesting 27 bags. “I will even begin using conservation agriculture in my cotton field,” he says.

Government extension officers, the non-governmental organization Total LandCare, and CIMMYT have been supporting farmers in several Malawian communities to test CA in their fields and share it with their neighbors via demonstration plots. With adoption steadily spreading, farmers are seeing increased yields and crops that stay healthy under drought conditions that wilt conventionally-grown plots.

CA is a set of practices that includes eliminating traditional ridge-and-furrow tillage systems, keeping crop residues on the soil, and rotating or intercropping maize with other crops. In addition to labor and cost savings, the improved soil structure resists erosion and increases water infiltration and retention, a huge benefit when drought threatens in places like Malawi, where maize subsists on rain alone.

Photo credit: T. Samson/CIMMYT.

For more, see CIMMYT's 2012 e-news story "Conservation agriculture in Malawi: 'We always have problems with rain here,'" available online at: www.cimmyt.org/en/front-page-tems/aboutmediaresources/130....

Making naan roti on the street in Bangladesh

nobody@flickr.com (CIMMYT) — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:23:03 -0700

CIMMYT posted a photo:

A baker makes fresh naan roti on a street stall in Dinajpur, Bangladesh. These are a type of traditional flatbread made with wheat flour.

Photo credit: S. Mojumder/Drik/CIMMYT.

For the latest on CIMMYT in Bangladesh, see CIMMYT's blog at: blog.cimmyt.org/?tag=bangladesh.

Making naan roti on the street in Bangladesh

nobody@flickr.com (CIMMYT) — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:22:48 -0700

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Making naan roti on the street in Bangladesh

nobody@flickr.com (CIMMYT) — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:22:53 -0700

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Selling bread in Bangladesh

nobody@flickr.com (CIMMYT) — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:18:33 -0700

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A shopkeeper arranges his display of bread products, in a small shop in Dinajpur, Bangladesh.

Photo credit: S. Mojumder/Drik/CIMMYT.

For the latest on CIMMYT in Bangladesh, see CIMMYT's blog at: blog.cimmyt.org/?tag=bangladesh.

Making naan roti on the street in Bangladesh

nobody@flickr.com (CIMMYT) — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:18:35 -0700

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Making naan roti on the street in Bangladesh

nobody@flickr.com (CIMMYT) — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:18:36 -0700

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A Bangladeshi woman making roti

nobody@flickr.com (CIMMYT) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:28:31 -0800

CIMMYT posted a photo:

A woman makes roti, an unleavened flatbread made with wheat flour and eaten as a staple food, at her home in the village of Chapor, in the district of Dinajpur, Bangladesh. Families like hers eat better thanks to improved varieties and farmer training from CIMMYT and its partners in Bangladesh.

Photo credit: S. Mojumder/Drik/CIMMYT.

For the latest on CIMMYT in Bangladesh, see CIMMYT's blog at: blog.cimmyt.org/?tag=bangladesh.

Bangladeshi women making roti

nobody@flickr.com (CIMMYT) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:13:40 -0800

CIMMYT posted a photo:

Women work together making roti, an unleavened flatbread made with wheat flour and eaten as a staple food, at their home in the village of Chapor, in the district of Dinajpur, Bangladesh. Families like theirs eat better thanks to improved varieties and farmer training from CIMMYT and its partners in Bangladesh.

Photo credit: S. Mojumder/Drik/CIMMYT.

For the latest on CIMMYT in Bangladesh, see CIMMYT's blog at: blog.cimmyt.org/?tag=bangladesh.

Drying maize flour in Malawi

nobody@flickr.com (CIMMYT) — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:41:43 -0700

CIMMYT posted a photo:

Drying maize flour in Malawi

nobody@flickr.com (CIMMYT) — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:41:42 -0700

CIMMYT posted a photo:

Drying maize flour in Malawi

nobody@flickr.com (CIMMYT) — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:41:42 -0700

CIMMYT posted a photo:

Ester Samuel, of Lemu, Balaka, Malawi, carries a container of maize flour out into the sun to dry it. Her family is one of those that is benefitting from the introduction of conservation agriculture (CA) practices that offer reliable harvests and freedom from hunger and food insecurity. Her uncle, Felix Twaya, farms about three acres of land. On one of his 0.1 hectare plots, he has been practicing conservation agriculture (CA) for three years. Previously, he would harvest 7 50 kg bags of maize from the plot. With CA, he is now harvesting 27 bags. “I will even begin using conservation agriculture in my cotton field,” he says.

Government extension officers, the non-governmental organization Total LandCare, and CIMMYT have been supporting farmers in several Malawian communities to test CA in their fields and share it with their neighbors via demonstration plots. With adoption steadily spreading, farmers are seeing increased yields and crops that stay healthy under drought conditions that wilt conventionally-grown plots.

CA is a set of practices that includes eliminating traditional ridge-and-furrow tillage systems, keeping crop residues on the soil, and rotating or intercropping maize with other crops. In addition to labor and cost savings, the improved soil structure resists erosion and increases water infiltration and retention, a huge benefit when drought threatens in places like Malawi, where maize subsists on rain alone.

Photo credit: T. Samson/CIMMYT.

For more, see CIMMYT's 2012 e-news story "Conservation agriculture in Malawi: 'We always have problems with rain here,'" available online at: www.cimmyt.org/en/front-page-tems/aboutmediaresources/130....

Making naan roti on the street in Bangladesh

nobody@flickr.com (CIMMYT) — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:22:53 -0700

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Buying bread in Bangladesh

nobody@flickr.com (CIMMYT) — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:18:33 -0700

CIMMYT posted a photo:

A customer chooses bread in a small shop in Dinajpur, Bangladesh.

Photo credit: S. Mojumder/Drik/CIMMYT.

For the latest on CIMMYT in Bangladesh, see CIMMYT's blog at: blog.cimmyt.org/?tag=bangladesh.