Heat-tolerant wheat transforms food production and policy for Sudan

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2015-10-05

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2015-10-05

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Solomon Gizaw Assefa. (5/10/2015). Heat-tolerant wheat transforms food production and policy for Sudan. Beirut, Lebanon: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).

Abstract

An integrated wheat package introducing heat-tolerant wheat varieties that can withstand temperatures greater than 38°C is transforming farmer fields in Sudan and showing policy-makers a new road to food security.

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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/7926

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Agricultural Research Knowledge
Agriculture and Livelihood systems

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heat tolerance; Wheat

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increased wheat production; subsaharan africa; crop productivity

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Gizaw Assefa, Solomon  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7489-062X