Effective Selection Criteria for Screening Drought Tolerant and High Yielding Bread Wheat Genotypes
Bread wheat is the major staple food in Morocco. Drought is the most important abiotic stress decreasing yield. Breeding for drought tolerance may be improved by various plant traits. In order to investigate the best selection criteria to...
Fast-track Variety Testing and Release of Rust-resistant Wheat Varieties
In Ethiopia, ICARDA in partnership with CIMMYT and EIAR formulated and implemented two successive projects with focus on stem and yellow rust, which complimented and reinforced each other in order to avert the risks and losses associated with...
Accelerated Seed Multiplication for Deployment of Rust-resistant Wheat Varieties
The chapter presents the approaches, achievements and lessons learned in accelerated seed multiplication of early generation seed (breeder, pre-basic and basic) and large-scale certified seed production by NARS and public and private sector...
Adoption and Impact of Rust-resistant Wheat Varieties on Productivity and Household Food Security in Ethiopia
The chapter presents the adoption and diffusion of rust resistance varieties in terms of area with simultaneous reduction in the number of farmers and area under rust susceptible wheat varieties. Furthermore, factors influencing the adoption of...
Policy and Development Implications and Way Forward
Wheat rusts remain a challenge for wheat production at national, regional and global levels. Empirical evidence shows the emergence of new races and their quick spread across countries and continents with devastating consequences.In response to...
Containing the Menace of Wheat Rusts: Institutionalized Interventions and Impacts
This book is the grandstand of the collaborative endeavours of diverse stakeholders in addressing the challenges of wheat production and wheat rusts in Ethiopia within the context of the international efforts across Africa and Asia. It provides...
Rapid Deployment of Rust-resistant Wheat Varieties: ICARDA’s Experience and Lessons Learned
ICARDA in collaboration with CIMMYT and/or NARS has developed a number of multi-lateral and bilateral projects to counter the threat of stem rust and yellow rust. This paper summarizes ICARDA’s experiences and lessons learned in implementing...
Post-conflict rebuilding of food & agricultural systems: Agricultural know-how, technologies and capacity development sustain peace-building and rural livelihoods
