Washington State University, with support from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), is set to lead a US$16.2 million effort to develop
wheat varieties that are better at tolerating the high temperatures
found in most of the world’s growing regions - temperatures that are
likely to increase with global warming.
The work is part of the U.S. government’s global hunger and food security initiative, Feed the Future.
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Amaranth, once as fundamental to Central and South American diets as corn and
beans, has virtually disappeared after the Spanish banned it
because of its use in Aztec human sacrifice rituals.
Now there are
efforts to bring it back as a staple in Mexico, for its both superior
nutritional qualities and its resistance to the pressures of a changing
climate.
The world’s flour millers
know they can count on U.S. wheat farmers for a reliable supply of high
quality wheat, thanks to export market development programs.
That includes millers in Israel, where only 10 percent of milling
wheat can be sourced domestically due to a lack of agricultural land and
water for irrigation.
To reinforce that relationship, U.S. Wheat Associates (USW)
organised a team of technical and commercial milling managers from
Israel to travel to Oklahoma, Texas and Washington, DC, June 22 to 28 to
examine the U.S. hard red winter (HRW) production areas and crops,
visit export elevators and discuss trade policy.
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| Amaranth (left) and wheat (right) grains (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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