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Durum wheat: a staple crop for food security
Durum wheat is the 10th most important crop produced on the planet, and its consumption is nearly as old as civilisation itself. The Phoenicians were the first traders that sold its products along the shores of Mediterranean, ...
Addressing SDG15 in the Sahel by Building Pathways for Transforming Food and Land Systems in a Climate Crisis
The up and out scaling of a technological innovation are driven by its suitability for specific farming system. These systems are defined by a complex interaction of climatic factors, and socio-economic considerations. ...
Final Technical Report: Genomic prediction to deliver heat tolerant wheat to the Senegal River basin: phase II
Final Technical Report: Genomic prediction to deliver heat tolerant wheat to the Senegal River basin: phase II
Manuel technique pour la plantation de blé en Afrique subsaharienne
La consommation annuelle de blé en Afrique subsaharienne suit une tendance à la hausse. Par
rapport à l'augmentation démographique de la population africaine qui a enregistré un + 32% depuis
2007, dans le même temps les ...
Crop Wild Relatives Crosses: Multi-Location Assessment in Durum Wheat, Barley, and Lentil
Crop wild relatives (CWR) are a good source of useful alleles for climate change adaptation.
Here, 19 durum wheat, 24 barley, and 24 lentil elites incorporating CWR in their pedigrees were yield
tested against commercial ...
Technical manual for wheat planting in Sub-Saharan Africa
The annual consumption of wheat in Sub-Saharan Africa is following an upward trend. Compared to
the demographic increase of the African population that registered a + 32% since 2007, in the same
time span the continent’s ...
Old and New Innovations for Wheat Food Security
The video reports the presentation of Filippo Bassi, director of ICARDA's Wheat program , during the World Food Research & Innovation Forum held the 9th May 2016 in Italy. Dr. Bassi opens the presentation with an introductory ...
Durum Wheat Breeding: In the Heat of the Senegal River
Global warming may cause +4 °C temperature increases before the end of this century. Heat tolerant bred-germplasm remains the most promising method to ensure farm productivity under this scenario. A global set of 384 durum ...
Combining QTL Analysis and Genomic Predictions for Four Durum Wheat Populations Under Drought Conditions
Durum wheat is an important crop for the human diet and its consumption is gaining popularity. In order to ensure that durum wheat production maintains the pace with the increase in demand, it is necessary to raise ...
Heat Tolerance of Durum Wheat (Tritcum durum Desf.) Elite Germplasm Tested along the Senegal River
The Senegal River basin (Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, and Senegal) is a key agricultural production area in
sub-Saharan Africa. Here, rice fields are left fallow during the cooler winter season, when the night temperatures ...