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Conference Proceedings
International Wheat Improvement: Highlights from an Expert Symposium
(CIMMYT, 2008)
Wheat is grown on 217 million hectares worldwide, accounting for some 620 million tons of grain and providing one-fifth of the world’s total calorific input. In regions like North Africa, Turkey, and Central Asia, wheat ...
Annual Report
CIMMYT Annual Report 2007-2008: Science for farmers and a better food future
(CIMMYT, 2008)
After decades of stability, world food prices have jumped more than 80% since 2005. Recent good harvests have brought prices down, but not to pre-2005 levels, and most economists expect food costs to remain at much higher ...
Conference Proceedings
International Symposium on Wheat Yield Potential: Challenges to International Wheat Breeding
(CIMMYT, 2008)
Like many other patterns, investment in research is often cyclical. International centers like CIMMYT have focused substantial resources on biotic and abiotic stresses for about two decades now, but raising total productivity ...
Handbook
Mejoramiento de maíz con calidad de proteína (QPM): protocolos para generar variedades QPM
(CIMMYT, 2008)
Este manual, dirigido en primer lugar a los mejoradores de maíz que desean empezar a generar variedades de maíz con calidad de proteína (QPM), constituye una recopilación de varios protocolos de mejoramiento que se han ...
Annual Report
CIMMYT Informe Anual 2007-2008: Ciencia para los agricultores y un mejor futuro en la alimetacion
(CIMMYT, 2008)
Tras décadas de estabilidad, los precios internacionales de los alimentos han aumentado más de 80% desde 2005. Las buenas cosechas de los últimos tiempos han ayudado a que los precios bajen, aunque no tanto que puedan ...
Article
The generation challenge programme platform: Semantic standards and workbench for crop science
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation :, 2008)