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04/16/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/16/2021 11:07 Fight against fall armyworm: good progress, more efforts needed Rome, 16 April 2021 - The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, QU Dongyu, today hailed progress in the fight against one of the most destructive pests jeopardizing food security across vast regions of the globe - while urging renewed drive and scaling up of efforts. Qu was speaking at the latest virtual meeting of the Steering Committee of the Global Action for Fall Armyworm (FAW) Control, attended by over 40 p...

Kropff said Asian giant China may also begin adopting the fortified wheat varieties this year. Over the next decade, he said he expects nearly all newly deployed wheat varieties to be nutritionally improved, noting that the high-zinc varieties were developed by traditional breeding techniques instead of research based on genetically modified organisms (GMOs). "This is something that is really starting in a big way this year," said Kropff, who also pointed to CIMMYT-developed zinc-enhanced corn that was introduced in Colombia over the past two years. "I'm super proud of this," he added, toutin...

Fight against fall armyworm: good progress, more efforts needed Format FAO Director-General reviews action to tackle the destructive pest Rome, 16 April 2021 – The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, QU Dongyu, today hailed progress in the fight against one of the most destructive pests jeopardizing food security across vast regions of the globe – while urging renewed drive and scaling up of efforts. Qu was speaking at the latest virtual meeting of the Steering Committee of the Global Action for Fall Armyworm (FAW) Control, attended by ov...

FAO Director-General reviews action to tackle the destructive pest Rome, 16 April 2021 – The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, QU Dongyu, today hailed progress in the fight against one of the most destructive pests jeopardizing food security across vast regions of the globe – while urging renewed drive and scaling up of efforts. Qu was speaking at the latest virtual meeting of the Steering Committee of the Global Action for Fall Armyworm (FAW) Control, attended by over 40 participants including FAO Members, international experts and k...

  >>  Reuters Published: 15 Apr 2021 12:06 PM BdST Updated: 15 Apr 2021 12:07 PM BdST FILE PHOTO: A harvester is used to deposit wheat crop on a tarpaulin in a field on the outskirts of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad March 24, 2015. REUTERS Scientists at a leading global grains research institute expect to sharply ramp up new wheat varieties enriched with zinc that can boost the essential mineral for millions of poor people with deficient diets, the institute's head told Reuters. "); } Martin Kropff, director general of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)...