| Abstract |
In the spring of 2014, India, Pakistan, CIMMYT and WHEAT celebrated the 100th birthday of Dr. Norman Borlaug, drawing attention to present and future challenges to wheat production. High€™s Poor Live? A New Update, Andy Sumner, IDS Working Paper 393, Institute of Development Studies, 2012, ISBN: 978-1-78118-061-7). WHEAT researchers documented the long-term productivity impacts of agronomic technology adoption by farmers in the Indo-Ganges Plain, guiding future investments in that region. The WHEAT Global Variety Release and Adoption study will near completion in mid-2015. With regard to outputs, sustainable intensification successes were achieved in Mexico, South Asia and Ethiopia, whilst improved wheat varieties development, distribution and adoption saw progress Afghanistan, Central Asia, South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa (p.6), partly in collaboration with other CRPs (A4NH, p.6). Bilateral and Windows 1&2 investments supported expanded capacity for gender research and mainstreaming (p.7), with greater gender equity achieved in capacity development (p.9). Last but not least, WHEAT developed an excellent Extension Period Proposal, which guided the reorganization of WHEAT research domains (five Flagship Projects) and changes to CRP Governance and Management initiated in 2014. |
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