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Quality-Protein Maize Report of an Ad Hoc Panel of the Advisory Committee on Technology Innovation Board on Science and Technology for International Development National Research Council, in Cooperation With the Board on Agriculture National Research Co (1988) / Chapter Skim
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Experiences Around the World
Pages 64-71

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From page 64...
... . Mexico Numerous trials at Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo (CIMMYT)
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From page 65...
... Also, Mexico's biggest breadmaking company is testing QPM in snack foods and other products with an eye to commercializing them. El Salvador In farm-field tests, QPM has shown slightly higher yields than the hybrid that is currently the most popular farm variety in El Salvador (grown on 40 percent of the maize land)
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From page 66...
... The board, now known as the Nutricta Commission, is composed of representatives of the seed industry, the food industry, the government, ICTA, and INCAP. From the beginning, there have been almost no problems in producing seed or in getting farmers to grow it.
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From page 67...
... Other Central American Countries Costa Rica, Panama, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic are all evaluating inbred QPM lines with the goal of producing QPM hybrids. Costa Rica is a particularly promising target country because its government decrees that all tortillas must be nutritionally enriched.
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From page 68...
... Argentina Although extensive maize production does not necessarily make a country a candidate for QPM, Argentina produces more than 13 million tons of maize annually and it has a substantial swine industry. It is currently increasing some QPM materials for use in pig-feeding trials.
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From page 69...
... In 1987, the cultivar called "HL2" was released to seed companies. It is best adapted to Natal province, and trials conducted by the Summer Grain Centre demonstrate that it is agronomically comparable to many of the commonmaize hybrids cultivated on a large scale in South Africa.
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From page 70...
... However, experiments at the Animal and Dairy Science Research Institute found that weanling calves fed HL2 in whole form increased their daily weight gain approximately 28 percent over those fed common maize. ASIA Asia is also promising for QPM.
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From page 71...
... Indian scientists are conducting trials using QPMs from CIMMYT, but so far none has been released for farm production. Vietnam Vietnam has recently released a QPM variety based on CIMMYT's Population 63.
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