Wheat

Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain which is a worldwide staple food. The many species of wheat together make up the genus Triticum; the most widely grown is common wheat (T. aestivum). The archaeological record suggests that wheat was first cultivated in the regions of the Fertile Crescent around 9600 BCE. Botanically, the wheat kernel is a type of fruit called a caryopsis. Wheat is grown on more land area than any other food crop (220.4 million hectares, 2014). World trade in wheat is greater than for all other crops combined. In 2017, world …

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ACBF: African Capacity Building Foundation · 25 March 2024 English

The recent discovery of large deposits of one of the finest grades of 30 20 copper in the African Copperbelt zone, which accounts for 75% of world 10 cobalt used …

entered into an expanded $8bn agreement importer of wheat has climbed to 49% in 2024 while currency issuer


CAFS: Center for Agriculture and Food Systems · 22 March 2024 English

Learn about current approaches and potential policy pathways for protecting pollinator populations in the United States.

a law restricting the use of corn, soybean, and wheat seeds treated with neonicotinoids. The law, entitled a law restricting the use of corn, soybean, and wheat seeds treated with neonicotinoids. The law, entitled a law restricting the use of corn, soybean, and wheat seeds treated with neonicotinoids. The law, entitled


CCAC: Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants · 20 March 2024 English

The IGSD Primer on Cutting Methane provides the scientific and policy rationale for decision- makers to achieve the “strong, rapid, and sustained” cuts to methane emissions needed to slow global …

C3 crops are sensitive to ozone (e.g., soybeans, wheat, rice, oats, green beans, peppers, and some types (Section 3.4) - avoids losses of 145 000 tonnes of wheat, soybeans, maize and rice ozone exposure every year to increased global yields of 55 000 tonnes of wheat, 17 000 tonnes of soybeans, 42 000 tonnes of maize Here, we assess the relative yield loss in rice, wheat and maize due to O3 by combining O3 elevation experiments highest relative yield loss at 33%, 23% and 9% for wheat, rice and maize, respectively. The relative yield


ORF: Observer Research Foundation · 20 March 2024 English

Introduction Rice, scientifically called Oryza sativa , is usually associated with humid and wet climates, although not restricted to tropical zones. While some posit that rice is a descendant of …

up. Following the Green Revolution, rice- and wheat-oriented food security measures have worsened the India has increased the acreage under paddy and wheat, driving up the scarcity value of water. This scarcity about the environmental cost of growing rice and wheat, which renders their land less productive and depletes nutritional advantage of millets over rice and wheat will motivate them to shift their diets towards push farmers to reduce their production of rice, wheat, and other water-intensive cereals to bring more


WEF: World Economic Forum · 20 March 2024 English

The concluding From pathways to as or are intimately familiar with the members of the practice section distils practical lessons and best communities that their products and services serve – …

In short, when farmers thrive, the whole scale wheat producer in Europe. As the company community benefits


ACAPS · 20 March 2024 English

AFGHANISTAN Briefing note15 March 2024 Anticipated impact of delayed and extreme winter precipitation KEY PRIORITIES CRISIS IMPACT OVERVIEW The combination of late and intense rainfall, lower-than-average seasonal snowfall, and higher-than-average …

moisture, with the potential to lead to a poor winter wheat harvest (FEWS NET significant rises noted in Baghdis may affect the germination of irrigated spring wheat and lead to moisture stresses in rain-fed crops outbreak. Such an outbreak would further affect wheat production, posing an additional threat to food


World Bank Group · 20 March 2024 English

Procurement Information. Since the Bank has no SPD for wheat, standard procurement documents used by GASC were


World Bank Group · 19 March 2024 English

Uzbekistan's agriculture sector will be put under severe pressure due to its heavy reliance on irrigation and the adverse impacts of climate change. Diversion of scarce water resources upstream of …

most of the area is occupied by the combination of wheat and cotton. This has caused soil fertility to degrade2 shift away from the previous mandated acreage of wheat and cotton and all its effects on soil fertility ha of horticulture is 5.6 times higher than for wheat, and 18.9 times higher than for cotton. Abandoning mandatory crop placement system for cotton and wheat allows farmers to grow more profitable crops and


World Bank Group · 19 March 2024 English

Bangladesh is extremely vulnerable to the effects of climate change. The Global Climate Risk Index ranks Bangladesh as the world's seventh most affected country over the period 2000-2019. Rising temperatures …

61 percent are imports of fertilizer, clinker, wheat, and others. Container movements are negligible


World Bank Group · 19 March 2024 English

production systems for food security IN01407369 ►Wheat crop production increase (by target households) Restoring Agriculture Production IN01407408 ►Certified wheat seeds distributed to farmers (Metric ton, Custom)


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