Wheat
To manage El Nino-related crop distress in eastern and southern Africa, invest in drought-tolerant seeds and better soil and water care
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Government support vital for deploying climate-resilient seeds and practices, say agriculture experts
UQ licenses high-yield wheat variety
Nutrition, health and food security
Source: Food Processing (16 Apr 2019)
Australian farmers to benefit from CIMMYT high-yielding, white-grained wheat.
Mexican Secretary of Agriculture joins new partners and longtime collaborators in Obregon
Nutrition, health and food security
Villalobos recognized the immense work ahead, but was optimistic that young scientists could carry on the legacy of Norman Borlaug.
To protect the world’s pasta, scientists peered inside fettuccine’s DNA
Nutrition, health and food security
Source: Popular Science (8 Apr 2019)
CIMMYT wheat breeder Karim Ammar and collaborators are sequencing different strains of durum wheat to compare properties.