Turkey: The workshop on wheat rust diseases brought together leading expert organizations.
Wheat
Turkiye
Published Apr 9, 2022
Tridge summary
Regional cooperation for the prevention and management of wheat rust diseases is of great importance in order to minimize yield losses and improve the livelihoods of small-scale farmers. Organized at a time of rising global food security concerns, the online regional workshop shed light on the threats posed by wheat rust diseases.
Original content
The workshop was organized on April 5, 2022 by the Regional Cereal Rust Diseases Research Center within the framework of the project “Strengthening regional cooperation and national capacities for monitoring and management of wheat rust diseases in Central Asia and the Caucasus (CAC-Rust)”. Among the participants were representatives of FAO, International Center for Agricultural Research in Drylands (ICARDA), Republic of Turkey Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), International Corn and Wheat Development Center (CIMMYT) and countries from Central Asia and the Caucasus. The workshop opened with the speech of Suat Kaymak, Head of Plant Health Research Department of the General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies, in which he touched upon various factors affecting wheat production, including climate change and diseases. Ayşegül Selışık, FAO Deputy Representative for Turkey, underlined some key differences between large-scale farms and small-scale producers in ...
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