Agricultural Research Institute of Afghanistan (ARIA)
Scientists step up wheat landrace conservation efforts in Afghanistan, Turkey and other countries in the region
Environmental health and biodiversity
In 2009, a team of wheat scientists from CIMMYT, ICARDA, FAO, and national partners set off on a five-year expedition across Central Asia to collect as many landraces as they could find.
Scientists use DNA fingerprinting to gauge the spread of modern wheat in Afghanistan
Innovations
New study finds that wheat farmers often do not accurately identify their varieties.
