Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations  

International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

New high-yielding, stress-resilient, and nutritious crop varieties

This chapter describes the performance of new cereal and legume crop varieties introduced by Africa RISING into agroecosystems in which they had not been tested before. The introduced varieties are characterized by their resilience to drought and/or their improved nutritional content.
ThemeTechnical Resources
SubjectGrains/Cereals/Pulses/Root crops/Fruits
PublisherWallingford, UK: CABI
Publication year2023
RegionsAfrica
LanguagesEnglish
Resource typePublications
Resource linkhttps://doi.org/10.1079/9781800621602.0002
KeywordsBest practices approaches and techniques; Food security; Plant breeding