Preliminary report of the second (2) Cooperative Near East-American Wheat Yield Nursery grown during 1962-63.

The Cooperative Near East - American Spring Wheat Yield Nursery originated as outgrowth of a recommendation made by Dra. José Vallega (Ministry of Agriculture of Argentina) and Norman E. Borlaug (The Rockefeller Foundation) during their assignment as Temporary Consultants to F.A.O. in 1960 to evaluate the Near and Middle East also were made for establishing Training Scholarships to be sponsored and directed by F.A.O, with financial assistance from The Rockefeller Foundation, and with responsibility for the scientific training of this groups of young scientists to be vested jointly in the scientific staffs of the Wheat Improvement Programs of the National Agricultural Research Institute of the Mexican Ministry of Agriculture (Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrícolas) and The Rockefeller Foundation in Mexico. These two widely different activities, both of which form a part of the same objective, namely that of increasing wheat yields and production in the Near and Middle East countries, have evolved as integral parts of the same program. The young scientists from the Near and Middle East countries, while in Mexico on their training scholarships - in which they are given brad general experience and training in wheat breeding, agronomy, soil fertility, plant pathology and cereal technology - have participated in the preparation of the nurseries, and upon returning to their respective countries have become active participants in growing the nurseries and in the recording of data. During the past three years 21 young scientists from the Near and Middle East have received training in Mexico and are now back in their respective countries participating in wheat and barley improvement programs, which among other activities include the growing of this cooperative nursery.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Borlaug, N.E., Ortega C., J., Rodriguez, R.
Format:	Preprint biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	CIMMYT 1964
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, WHEAT, YIELDS, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, REPORTS,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10883/1156
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