International Wheat Blast Consortium convened by WHEAT achieves early successes: Bundled research, resistant varieties in South Asia
Since the discovery of wheat blast in Bangladesh in 2016, WHEAT, led by pathologist Pawan Singh, has coordinated 13+ partners to deliver a rapid response to mitigate the threat of the fungal disease in the region, which puts 7 million hectares of wheat growing area at risk in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, according to a WHEAT 2018 ex-ante analysis (yield losses worth US$264M). A multi-pronged approach (regional convening, fundraising, education, release of resistant varieties) has led to initial outcomes.
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| Format: | Case Study biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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2018-12-31
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| Subjects: | research, varieties, wheat, analysis, risk, education, losses, yield losses, bangladesh, south asia, asia, case studies, agrifood systems, rural development, |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121814 |
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