Wheat scientists in Obregón busy pulling out about 75,000 individual plants, some of which will be used in various parts of the world in the near future. Photo credit: V. Govindan/CIMMYT. http://www.cimmyt.com
Negash Dino, a wheat farmer in the Kulumsa region of Ethiopia, is currently (October 2012)working with the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) at Kulumsa to grow two new, high-yielding bread wheat varieties (Kakaba and Atila). He plans …
CIMMYT seed systems specialists Peter Setimela and James Gethi and Crop Breeding Institute’s Busiso Mavankeni review seed parent trials in Kadoma, Zimbabwe.
“Reducing post-harvest losses is key to increasing availability of food as it is not only important to increase domestic food production but also to protect what is produced by minimizing losses,” stated Zechariah Luhanga, Permanent Secretary, Prov…
