Wheat experts hit the road in southwestern Russia this week
Wheat breeding, the traditional technique for improving yields or producing other desired characteristics, hasn’t gone out of fashion. It still has a role to play in ensuring food security, improving nutrition levels, and coping with a changing climate.
Researchers from some 20 countries this week will travel in and around Krasnodar in southwestern Russia, to learn about recent achievements in wheat breeding from the Krasnodar Agricultural Research Institute.
Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Year: 2017
Country/ies: Russian Federation
Geographical coverage: Europe and Central Asia
Type: Blog article
Full text available at: http://www.fao.org/europe/news/detail-news/en/c/888030/
Content language: English