An exhausting, productive day on Day Two of Wheat for Food Security in Africa. Participants arrived bright and early for expert presentations and round-table discussions on abiotic/biotic stresses, market and seed systems, wheat systems and quality, an…
Scientists say sub-Saharan farmers only produce a portion of the wheat yield that is possible for the area. DW spoke with Hans-Joachim Braun, head of the world’s largest wheat gene bank, about the need for local grains.
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (9 OCTOBER 2012)—In releasing the first ever comprehensive report on sub-Saharan Africa’s economic and biological potential for producing wheat, scientists said today that the region’s farmers may be growing only 10 …
African countries including Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda have soils and conditions suitable to boost wheat output and cut the continent’s import dependency, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center said.
It’s day one at Wheat for Food Security in Africa, and Cobus Le Roux has just finished outlining the production, constraints, market, and future of wheat in Southern Africa. This morning participants enjoyed keynote speeches from Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere…
