Wheat in the Third World

List of contents

1. The Importance of Wheat and Its Principal Characteristics 2. The Modern Wheat Plant and the New Technology 3. Mexico: A Pioneer.4. India and Pakistan: The Asian Leaders 5. Turkey: A Dryland Success 6. Bangladesh, China, Brazil, and Argentina 7. Elements of an Effective National Wheat Program 8. Postharvest Wheat Handling 9. Promising Wheat Research for the Future 10. Prospects for Wheat in the 1980s and 1990s

About the author

Haldore Hanson is director general emeritus of the International Center for Maize and Wheat Improvement (CIMMYT), Mexico. He has also been a representative both of the Ford Foundation in Nigeria and Pakistan, and of the Development Resources Corporation in Iran, and has served as economic advisor to the prime minister of Burma. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970, Dr. Norman E.- Borlaug is consultant on wheat production problems to CIMMYT and to many governments, as well as associate director of agricultural sciences for the Rockefeller Foundation. He has written over 200 articles on agricultural research and production. The late Dr. R. Glenn Anderson was serving as director of the International Wheat Program at CIMMYT at the time of his death. In the past, he had been wheat breeder and joint coordinator of the Rockefeller Foundation Indian Agricultural Program and wheat geneticist and senior cerealist for the Canadian Department of Agriculture.

Summary

The authors examine the characteristics of the wheat plant as a crop and as a food, explore recent scientific findings related to producing and handling the crop and suggest important areas for future research.

Product details

• Authors: R Glenn Anderson, R. Glenn Anderson, Norman E Borlaug, Norman E. Borlaug, Hanson, Haldore Hanson, Haldore Borlaug Hanson, Hanson Haldore
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780367213428
• ISBN: 978-0-367-21342-8
• No. of pages: 194
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; NON-CLASSIFIABLE, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, Industry & industrial studies, Stationery and miscellaneous items, Miscellaneous items, Industry and industrial studies