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The new challenges of wheat improvement

In an interview for BBC Newsday, CIMMYT senior scientist Velu Govindan spoke of today's challenges for wheat breeders.

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CIMMYT scientist Velu Govindan (right) is interviewed by Michael Condon of ABC Rural at the International Wheat Conference in Sydney, Australia, 2015. (Photo: Julie Mollins/CIMMYT)
CIMMYT scientist Velu Govindan (right) is interviewed by Michael Condon of ABC Rural at the International Wheat Conference in Sydney, Australia, 2015. (Photo: Julie Mollins/CIMMYT)

In the Green Revolution era, the focus for wheat breeders was on boosting yields to feed more people, but today the challenge is not only to increase production on smaller plots of land, but also to improve nutritional quality, said CIMMYT wheat breeder Velu Govindan, during an interview on BBC Newsday.

Interview starts at 43:23:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172wpkb45wcm4t

Govindan was speaking from the International Wheat Congress in the city of Saskatoon in Canada’s breadbasket province on the prairies, Saskatchewan.