International Scientists and Policymakers Gather to Tackle Endemic Disease Threatening Global Wheat Production and Food Security


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2014-04-28

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2014-04-28

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Communication Team ICARDA. (28/4/2014). International Scientists and Policymakers Gather to Tackle Endemic Disease Threatening Global Wheat Production and Food Security, in "ICARDA's Press Release", pp. 1-3.
In an urgent response to the endemic threat that wheat stripe rust now poses to global wheat production, a partnership of leading international agricultural research centers, national research institutions, and policy makers from rust-affected countries meets this week in Izmir, Turkey (April 28-May 1), to review the most recent science innovations, mobilize a global strategy, and initiate action on the ground to combat future rust epidemics.