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Call for Applications for Basic Wheat Improvement Course

Written on November 25, 2015.

The Basic Wheat Improvement Course will run from February 20- May 25, 2016 and will focus on practical aspects of breeding, pathology, physiology and wheat quality. Trainees will...

Fast-tracking wheat seed deployment in remote Pakistan regions

Written on November 19, 2015.

Nearly 10,000 smallholder farmers in marginal, far-flung areas of Pakistan are harvesting more, eating better, and earning cash from their wheat crops, as a result of a partnership...

Clone of magic wheat disease-resistance gene sheds light on new defense mechanism

Written on November 13, 2015.

Scientists in a global collaboration have sequenced and described a gene - Lr67 - that can help wheat to resist four serious fungal diseases; the results were published in Nature...

$20 million in grants for research to boost wheat yield potential

Written on October 30, 2015.

The International Wheat Yield Partnership (IWYP) will recommend around US $20 million in grants awards from its funders for a selection of 8 research projects to increase wheat's...

Zero-till Wheat Raises Farmers’ Incomes in Eastern India, Research Shows

Written on September 30, 2015.

Large-scale adoption of zero tillage wheat production could play a major role in making the eastern Indian state of Bihar self-sufficient in wheat, according to a new study published...

Strengthening Results-based Management in the MAIZE and WHEAT CRPs

Written on September 18, 2015.

Recognizing the importance of managing for results and learning from experience, the MAIZE and WHEAT CGIAR Research Programs have been taking steps to strengthen results-based management...

Reflections of a Wheat Trainee: Zaki Afshar, Afghanistan

Written on September 10, 2015.

Zaki Afshar grew up in the small city of Puli Khumri in Northern Afghanistan, visiting his father’s seven-hectare (ha) farm every weekend. Growing up in a farming community where...

Durum Wheat Production in Pakistan: Keeping up with Changing Demands

Written on June 1, 2015.

In response to rapidly-changing food preferences in Pakistan, including a latent unmet demand for pasta products, CIMMYT-Pakistan has been working to develop the country’s durum...

Forty Years of Wheat Training at CIMMYT

Written on May 26, 2015.

“After three months, you will be a part of the CIMMYT family,” said Amor Yahyaoui, Global Wheat Program (GWP) Training Officer, as he addressed the 30 participants in the Basic Wheat...

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