To help address this, CIMMYT — along with HarvestPlus and partners in 18 countries — is promoting more than 60 maize and wheat varieties whose grain contains more of the essential micronutrients zinc and provitamin A.
These varieties are now grown on nearly 2. One study shows that drought-tolerant maize varieties can provide farming families in Zimbabwe an extra 9 months of food at no additional cost. Developed by CIMMYT during the s and s and honored by the World Food Prize , quality protein maize features enhanced levels of lysine and tryptophan, essential amino acids that can help reduce malnutrition in children whose diets rely heavily on maize.
Did you enjoy this? Subscribe to our email updates to stay in the loop about the latest research and news related to maize and wheat agriculture. Science offers opportunity to curb greenhouse gas emissions related to agriculture and meet climate goals. Features Nutrition, health and food security. Ten things you should know about maize and wheat. Billions of people eat maize and wheat.
A little girl eats a freshly-made roti while the women of her family prepare more, at her home in the village of Chapor, in the district of Dinajpur, Bangladesh. Photo: S. Photo: P. Disaster-proof features of the bank include thick concrete walls and back-up power systems. Maize and wheat are critical to a global food system makeover. Traditionally, the maize meal is rolled into balls with the hands, and dipped into the chakalaka.
The simple, clear taste of the maize meal is the perfect accompaniment for the spiciness of the chakalaka. Basically, it's a vegetable-filled-tomato-stew-taste-explosion. Chakalaka is one of those dishes for which each family has a slightly different recipe, which is handed down from generation to generation. Africa loves meat. Meat — be it chicken, beef, goat, or sausage boerewors — is best cooked over an open fire a. Once cooked, it is served with a portion of pap, liberally doused in sauce like chakalaka or smoor.
The cooking of the meat is a social occasion, with families and friends gathering around the fire. There are plenty of street vendors selling shisa nyama throughout southern Africa and numerous restaurants. Garwe Roadrunner. Yip, you read right, Roadrunner Stew. This Zimbabwean favourite is made from free-range i. The dish combines onion, garlic, paprika and chilli. Served with sadza, this spicy tomato chicken stew will leave you mopping up the sauces with your sadza and then licking your fingers and asking for more.
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Select from these resources to teach your students about agricultural communities. Erosion is the process where rocks are broken down by natural forces such as wind or water. There are two main types of erosion: chemical and physical. In physical erosion, the rock breaks down but its chemical composition remains the same, such as during a landslide or bioerosion, when plants take root and crack rocks.
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