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Nizwa University studies drought resistant wheat to improve Oman s food security
By: Times News Service
“The project will take at least two years of continued experimentation and we expect some preliminary results to be published by early next year,” said Dr Abdul Latif Khan.
Muscat: Varieties of drought-resistant wheat that thrive in Oman are being looked at by researchers at the University of Nizwa, so that they can help provide food security for the Sultanate.
The research aims to find out why certain strains of the crop are more resistant to drought and heat, so that they can be grown in larger amounts to produce food, despite the arid conditions in the country. ....

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