Sentences with phrase «better wheat varieties»

In one striking example from Afghanistan, introducing better wheat varieties alone reduced women's work burden, showing how the uptake of technology — whether seeds or machinery — can improve the quality of life.
A new research breakthrough will enable us to develop more robust and better wheat varieties in the years ahead.
Although the best wheat varieties yield up to 12 tons per hectare, breeders have for several years been unable to boost that yield substantially.

Not exact matches

Blueberry is the first flavor of English Muffins to be added to Thomas ®» legacy line in several years, and is in good company on shelves alongside other year - round varieties such as Original, Light Multi-Grain, Cinnamon Raisin, Honey Wheat and Sourdough.
When I DO make pasta, it's usually a good - quality whole - wheat variety and rarely white pasta.
For this whole grain salad, I used kamut, an ancient wheat variety that is high in protein as well as many minerals.
Once I got the correct procedure down, I was able to create a number of recipes for a variety of quick breads, muffins, pancakes, cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and other products that tasted every bit as good as those made using wheat flour.
For example, mixtures of «heritage» wheat varieties grown together can lead to increased yields, better resilience and enhanced soils.
King Soba offers a wide variety of inexpensive organic wheat - free and gluten - free buckwheat and brown rice noodles; they have unusual and fun varieties such as Sweet Potato & Buckwheat Noodles as well as Pumpkin & Ginger Brown Rice Noodles.
So I'll give Dreamfield a try — I bet it tastes better than the whole wheat varieties!
If you start your baby out on one of the simple whole grain cereals from Earth's Best, you can choose from typical rice and oatmeal varieties, but also multi-grain (oats, wheat, and barley) and cereals mixed with fruit.
Include a wide variety of fresh fruits and vegetables that can be eaten raw, as well as snacks like cheese, whole wheat crackers, hummus, dried fruit, cottage cheese, and nuts.
Without better crop varieties or other agricultural technology improvements, irrigated wheat yields, for example, will fall at least 20 percent by 2050 as a result of global warming, and south Asia as well as parts of sub-Saharan Africa will face the worst effects.
Thanks to the precise testing of Pm3 alleles, the best variations and combinations are identified and can then be used directly in traditional breeding by crossbreeding them into modern wheat varieties.
«These harness the best of organic farming combined with new technologies to better monitor the nutritional status of soils and plants and to recycle waste and with the promise of new wheat varieties able to utilise soil nitrogen more efficiently.»
As part of an initiative launched in Washington DC earlier this month, researchers in 12 countries have started to hunt for varieties of the top five staple crops — rice, wheat, corn, cassava and beans — that might grow better in poor soils, as well as providing added trace nutrients for the people who eat them.
A new paper from scientists at the John Innes Centre in Norwich explains why plant breeders have found it difficult to produce wheat varieties which combine high yield and good resistance to Septoria, a disease in wheat which can cut yield losses by up to 50 %.
Lead author Daniela Bellincampi from Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy, said: «Breeding disease - resistant varieties of durum wheat is probably the best economic and ecological strategy for fighting this invasive and destructive disease.
Researchers at private agricultural firms tend to focus on creating better varieties of widely - grown, high - value crops, such as wheat and corn.
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«As of 2012, the start of the most recent phase of ACIAR - funded work, Afghanistan partners have developed and released 12 high - yielding and disease resistant bread wheat varieties, as well as 3 varieties of durum wheat, 2 of barley and 3 of maize,» said Rajiv Sharma, a senior wheat scientist at CIMMYT and country liaison officer for CIMMYT in Afghanistan.
Ethanol fuel is produced from sugar cane in Brazil and from the cellulose of a wide variety of plants, including cornstalks, poplar trees, and switch grass, as well as waste left over from the forest products industry, wheat, oat, and barley straw.
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University researchers have tested all the university's wheat varieties, as well as others around the Northwest, and found none with the genetically modified herbicide resistance discovered in an Oregon crop this spring.
The Texas A&M AgriLife Wheat Improvement Program is organized into two Centers of Excellence, each conducting variety development, basic genetic studies and development of best management practices for wheat, the breeders Wheat Improvement Program is organized into two Centers of Excellence, each conducting variety development, basic genetic studies and development of best management practices for wheat, the breeders wheat, the breeders said.
Organic whole wheat varieties are best defined as wheat which may or may not be landrace grains, as not all grains that have had an evolution from landrace grains to our modern wheat varieties are to be avoided.
Eating a variety of grains is great, and it's good that you're eating whole grains which include gluten - containing wheat (gluten is much maligned, yet absolutely fine for the vast majority of us to consume: see http://nutritionfacts.org/video/update-on-gluten/, as well as protein - rich quinoa and amaranth — which are actually pseudograins, as they are closer to seeds.
Traditional populations that were healthy and tolerated wheat well differed from us in that they also had all of the factors that would contribute to a robust microbiome, such as regular consumption of fermented foods, exposure to a variety of microbes through farming and close contact with animals, lack of antibiotic use, etc..
Most people don't think of lasagna as a healthy food, but if you make it with whole wheat pasta and light marinara sauce, pack it with Walmart's «Great for You» Roma tomatoes, and then use one of the best cheeses you can eat... ricotta, the part - skim variety is a smart choice for these perfectly portioned rolls of deliciousness.
It can be found in a wide variety of plants including herbs like saw palmetto and pygeum; fruits like cashew and avocado; as well as in wheat germ, rice bran, corn oils and soybeans.
Research shows that some varieties have even been found to have better oxidative protection (protection against cancer - causing free radicals) and be easier for those with wheat sensitivities to handle.
She was allergic to the wheat in it so when I found out about Chewy.com I found a wide variety of products and this has helped her the best.
Today's litter category is full of a variety of all - natural clay alternatives — from wheat - to corn - to pine - based formulas — that can effectively meet the needs of cat owners while promising to be better for both the pet and the planet.
The home - cooked cuisine is also a big part of Fuerteventura life, and your holiday won't be complete without sampling one of the many varieties of goat stews and chops, as well as the local speciality of «Gofio» — a delicious toasted corn and wheat flour accompaniment to delicious soups and stews.
Restaurants in Hyderabad offer a variety of rice, wheat and meat dishes, all infused with the best of Indian, Turkish and Arabic spices.
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