Reaching out to farmers with high zinc wheat varieties through public-private partnerships: an experience from eastern-gangetic plains of India

dc.creatorVelu, G.
dc.creatorSingh, R.G.
dc.creatorBalasubramaniam, A.
dc.creatorVinod Kumar Mishra
dc.creatorChand, R.
dc.creatorChhavi Tiwari
dc.creatorJoshi, A.K.
dc.creatorParminder Virk
dc.creatorBinu Cherian
dc.creatorPfeiffer, W.H.
dc.date2015-10-22T19:25:23Z
dc.date2015-10-22T19:25:23Z
dc.date2015
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-17T19:59:13Z
dc.date.available2023-07-17T19:59:13Z
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10883/4512
dc.identifier10.17140/AFTNSOJ-1-112
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/7509955
dc.descriptionThe main objective of the HarvestPlus led wheat biofortification breeding program at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and its national program partners in South Asia is to develop and disseminate competitive wheat varieties with high grain zinc (Zn) and other essential agronomic features. The emphasis of this program is to introduce novel sources of genetic diversity from wild species and landraces, into the adapted wheat background. This variation is being exploited through limited backcross approach with shuttle breeding at two contrasting locations in Mexico, which resulted in widely adapted, durable rust and foliar disease resistant, high Zn wheat varieties. The new wheat varieties developed by CIMMYT in HarvestPlus project are 20-40% superior in grain Zn concentration and are agronomically at par or superior to the popular wheat cultivars of South Asia. The biofortification breeding program of CIMMYT utilizes new wheat varieties from the core-breeding program as background parents that are higher yielding, resistant to rusts, heat tolerant, wateruse efficient and 5-10% higher yielding than main varieties grown at present. The biofortified high Zn wheat varieties with 20 to 40% (8-12 mg/kg) Zn superiority and grain yield potential at par or superior to the popular wheat varieties are being adopted by small-holder farmers in South Asia. Through Public-private partnerships (PPP) more than 50,000 farmers and 250,000 household members expected to benefit from the Zn-biofortified wheat varieties in South Asia by the 2015-2016 wheat seasons.
dc.description73-75
dc.formatPDF
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherOpenventio
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dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.source3
dc.source1
dc.sourceAdvance in Food Technology and Nutritional Science
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectHigh Zinc Wheat
dc.subjectDissemination
dc.subjectFOOD FORTIFICATION
dc.subjectWHEAT
dc.subjectZINC
dc.subjectPUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
dc.subjectDIFFUSION
dc.subjectBIOFORTIFICATION
dc.titleReaching out to farmers with high zinc wheat varieties through public-private partnerships: an experience from eastern-gangetic plains of India
dc.typeArticle
dc.coverageINDIA
dc.coverageSOUTH ASIA
dc.coverageIndia
dc.coverageUSA


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