Oceania
University of Queensland student researches tan spot resistance in wheat at CIMMYT
Capacity development
Tamaya Peressini’s project aimed to evaluate adult plant resistance to tan spot in wheat.
Agricultural attachés visit CIMMYT
Agricultural attachés from 10 embassies in Mexico visited the headquarters of CIMMYT.
Project helps African farmers identify regional best practices
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Traditional farming systems in Africa must be updated for today’s climate and market challenges, according to a new article from the University of Queensland.
Global conference underscores complex socio-economic role of wheat
Capacity development
A recent gathering of more than 600 scientists highlighted the complexity of wheat as a crop and emphasized the key role wheat research plays in ensuring global food security.
Tackling wheat rust diseases requires $108 million a year, study shows
Nutrition, health and food security
Despite efforts to develop wheat resistant to stem, stripe and leaf rusts, the diseases will continue to thwart scientists, making ongoing funding vital, a top economist has said.
Why GM wheat may be the key to stave off world hunger
Nutrition, health and food security
Unless global policymakers redouble their efforts to properly support a strategy to ensure a future food supply, the current hunger crisis threatens only to get worse.
Replacing gender myths and assumptions with knowledge
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
If we are to be truly successful in improving the lives of farmers and consumers in the developing world, we need to base our interventions on the best evidence available.
Value of CGIAR wheat estimated at up to $3.8 billion a year, research shows
Innovations
Wheat bred by the CGIAR consortium of agricultural researchers has a huge global reach.
Australian visit to CIMMYT-Turkey strengthens decades-long collaboration
Capacity development
The CIMMYT Australia ICARDA Germplasm Evaluation Project (CAIGE) organized a visit for Australian breeders to Turkey during 19 April-3 May. Participants learned about the germplasm evaluation and selection activities by the International Winter Wheat Improvement Program (IWWIP, a joint enterprise of CIMMYT and the Government of Turkey), the CIMMYT-Turkey Soil Borne Pathogen (SBP) program and the Regional Rust Research Center.
Will yield increases continue to feed the world? The case for wheat
Innovations
Wheat, being produced equally in developing and developed countries, is the top global source of calories and the top traded food grain, a position it is unlikely to lose.
Australian wheat breeders’ relationship with Mexico spans more than 40 years
Climate adaptation and mitigation
In Australia, over 90 percent of local wheat varieties can be traced back to CIMMYT varieties, reports Kim Honan in a 17 September article on ABC’s Rural website.