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1998/99 World Wheat Facts and Trends:
Global Wheat Research in a Changing World: Challenges and Achievements

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Contents (226.30KB)

Acknowledgments (12.51KB)

Foreword (16.85KB)

Part 1
Global Wheat Research in a Changing World (115.06KB)

  • Why Worry about Wheat Productivity?
  • The Changing Nature of Wheat Productivity: The Early Green Revolution Years
  • Wheat Productivity, 1985 to the Present: New Concerns
  • Enhancing Wheat Productivity in Favorable Environments
  • Shifting the Yield Frontier
  • Improving Yield Stability
  • Enhancing Input Use Efficiency
  • Enhancing Wheat Productivity in Marginal Environments
  • Improving Drought Tolerance
  • Improving Heat Tolerance
  • Coping with Acid Soils
  • Meeting the Unresolved Challenges for Marginal Environments
  • Implications for Global Wheat Research
  • Global Trends
  • Research Strategies for Favored and Marginal Environments
  • Emerging Trends in Research and Development

Part 2
Assessing the Benefits of International Wheat Breeding Research: An Overview of the Global Wheat Impacts Study (59.53KB)

  • Wheat Research Efforts by NARSs
  • Releases of Wheat Varieties
  • Adoption of Improved Wheat Varieties
  • Spring Bread Wheat
  • Spring Durum Wheat
  • Winter/Facultative Bread Wheat
  • Landraces
  • CIMMYT/NARS Collaboration
  • Trends and Observations
  • Outstanding Issues
  • Varietal Replacement
  • Genetic Gains in Wheat Yields and Yields in Farmers' Fields
  • The Future of International Collaboration in Wheat Improvement Research

Part 3
The World Wheat Economy, Post-2000: Focus on Asia (36.16KB)

  • Competitiveness of wheat Production in Developing Countries
  • Special Report: Wheat for Asia's Increasingly Westernized Diets
  • Special Report: Wheat in Kazakhstan-Changing Competitiveness and Sources of Productivity Growth
  • Targeting Wheat Research and Development Investments

Part 4
Selected Wheat Statistics (57.56KB)

  • Production Statistics
  • Consumption Statistics
  • CIMMYT Wheat Experimental and National Average Yield, 1995-97
  • Wheat Area by Type of Wheat
  • Price and Input Use for Wheat

References (35.53KB)

Appendix A. Regions of the World (18.77KB)

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