Research highlights of the CIMMYT Wheat Program 1999-2000
This volume presents the latest results from a global research program that continues to be one of the most successful of all time. Throughout the developing world, food prices are lower and malnutrition has declined, partly because of the strong research commitment that is reflected in these pages. That commitment remains strong, because the need for wheat research remains great. In developing countries, demand for wheat will rise by 1.58% per year over the coming two decades, faster than projected growth in demand for rice. By 2020 developing countries will consume 67% of the world’s wheat, and wheat will constitute more than 50% of the developing world’s net cereal imports. More people will need more locally produced food. At the same time, the agricultural resource base must be strengthened and protected, cropping strategies must be developed to accommodate the potential effects of climate change, and rural communities as well as research organizations must be empowered to meet the challenges of a global economy. This is no small task, even for a proven research program that is known to be effective from the global level to the fields of individual farmers. The pages that follow indicate the breadth of scientific inquiry that makes the CIMMYT Wheat Program so tremendously responsive to the global, regional, and local needs of partners and those it seeks to help. The reader will find research directed at wheats of different types and growth habits; at the special regional needs of Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, and Latin America; at favored, marginal, and high rainfall environments; at applications of wheat physiology research for breeding strategies; at tillage and mulching practices for a range of needs; at reinforcing disease resistance through molecular and conventional breeding—and this is only a partial list of the contents of this volume! These Highlights demonstrate the power of agricultural research to help the world’s marginalized people. The CIMMYT Wheat Program is to be congratulated on this summary of its recent advances and on the scientific leadership and partnerships that have made them possible. In this regard it has been the breadth and richness of our partnerships that have been the cornerstone of global success, and we honor all of our colleagues around the world through these Highlights.
| Format: | Book biblioteca |
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| Language: | English |
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CIMMYT
2001
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| Subjects: | AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES, AGRONOMISTS, FARMERS, FOOD RESOURCES, MULCHES, RESEARCH PROJECTS, RUSTS, TRITICUM, CONSERVATION TILLAGE, HARD WHEAT, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10883/632 |
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