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Malawi Improved Seed Systems and Technologies (MISST)

The Malawi Improved Seed Systems and Technologies (MISST) consortium project works to make elite, drought- and stress-resistant maize seed available to farmers in Malawi.

Funding Institutions: United States Agency for International Development, Government of Malawi

Principal Coordinator: Peter Setimela

From Dec, 2014

To Jun, 2019

Status

Complete

Location

Africa, Malawi

Location

Feed the Future, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Malawi’s Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Research program

Demand-driven seed systems, Maize, Sustainable agrifood systems

Malawi Improved Seed Systems and Technologies (MISST)

Status

Location

Location

Research program

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