Bangladesh's Ministry of Agriculture
Nutrition, health and food security
Assessing the effectiveness of a “wheat holiday” for preventing blast in the lower Gangetic plains
Policy to encourage alternative crops for wheat farmers in South Asia a short-term solution at best, say CIMMYT researchers
Capacity development
Capacity development
Wheat blast screening and surveillance training in Bangladesh
Workshop participants learned how to use the latest in technology to identify and keep track of the deadly Wheat Blast disease.
First blast resistant, biofortified wheat variety released in Bangladesh
The first blast resistant wheat variety has been released in Bangladesh.
New initiative strengthens agricultural drought monitoring in Bangladesh
As Bangladesh faces an extensive drought for the second year in a row, partnerships are working to strengthen drought monitoring programs to help farmers.
6th CSISA wheat breeding meeting reviews gains in South Asia
On 11-12 September, 61 scientists from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal convened in Kathmandu, Nepal, for the 6th Wheat Breeding Review Meeting of the Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) objective 4 program.
