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Essential actions to mitigate the food crisis, stabilize supply and transition to greater agrifood system resilience

Essential actions to mitigate the food crisis, stabilize supply and transition to greater agrifood system resilience
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Marcia macneilAlison bentleyRicardo curielHead of communicationsFund contributorsGlobal wheat programWheat improvement centerInternational maizeNature foodWheat program directorCommunications manager

Diagram links physiological traits of wheat for yield potential

Researchers build on existing source-and-sink model to map complex interaction of traits that determine wheat yield throughout its growth cycle, as a guide for breeding and future research.

Marcia macneilTechnische universitJeff gwynGustavo ariel slaferMatthew reynoldsInternational wheat yield partnershipResearch professorUniversity of lleidaUniversity of nottinghamJohn innes centreCatalonian institution for researchWheat improvement centerLancaster universityProfessor of the university lleidaInternational maizeDistinguished scientist

New grafting technique could combat the disease threatening Cavendish bananas

New grafting technique could combat the disease threatening Cavendish bananas
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United kingdomMarcia macneilGreg reevesJulian hibberdAlison bentleyCeres agriLouise sutherlandUniversity of cambridgeHead of communicationsGlobal wheat programOffice of external affairsUniversity of cambridge department plant sciencesPanama diseaseTropical racePlant sciencesWheat program director

FFAR grant develops climate-resilient wheat

Durum wheat drought tolerance trials in Ciudad Obregon, Mexico, 2017. (Photo: Alfonso Cortés/CIMMYT) Wheat constitutes 20% of all calories and protein consumed, making it a cornerstone of the human diet, according to the United Nations. However, hotter and drier weather, driven by a changing climate, threatens the global wheat supply. To address this threat, the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) awarded a $5 million grant to the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) to develop climate-resilient wheat. CIMMYT leads global research programs on maize and wheat, sustainable cropping systems and policies to improve farmers’ livelihoods. These activities have driven major gains in wheat variety improvement across the globe for decades; in the US alone, for example, over 50% of the wheat acreage is sown with CIMMYT-related varieties.

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Historic release of six improved wheat varieties in Nepal – CIMMYT

Wheat fields at Toluca station, Mexico. (Photo: Fernando Delgado/CIMMYT) On December 11, 2020, the Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC) announced the release of six new wheat varieties for multiplication and distribution to the country’s wheat farmers, offering increased production for Nepal’s nearly one million wheat farmers and boosted nutrition for its 28 million wheat consumers. The varieties, which are derived from materials developed by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), include five bred for elevated levels of the crucial micronutrient zinc, and Borlaug 100, a variety well known for being high yielding, drought- and heat-resilient, and resistant to wheat blast, as well as high in zinc.

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