CIMMYT posted a photo: A ladybug (or ladybird) beetle sits on a wheat spike of an improved variety growing in the field in Islamabad, Pakistan. Ladybugs are beneficial insects, since they eat aphid pests. The wheat variety, known as NARC-2009, is based…
CIMMYT posted a photo: An improved wheat variety grows in the field in Islamabad, Pakistan. The variety, known as NARC-2009, is based on a wheat line developed by CIMMYT and shared with partners as part of an international nursery distributed by CIMMYT…
CIMMYT posted a photo: Wheat is harvested using a combine harvester at Pakistan’s National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Islamabad. Large experimental plots are harvested mechanically, while manual harvesting is used where more precision i…
CIMMYT posted a photo: Wheat leaf showing symptoms of stripe rust (also known as yellow rust, a disease caused by (iPuccinia striiformis/i), growing on an experimental plot at Pakistan’s National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Islamabad, ph…
The summary report of ReSAKSS–Africa Lead Project on Strengthening Capacity for Strategic Agricultural Policy and Investment Planning and Implementation in Africa is now released. The five regional-level training workshops, which were organized in Ap…
