South Africa: Innovative Breeding Platform to Improve Wheat Yields

A partnership between government and the wheat production sector has led to the launch of a platform that will improve wheat yields, despite the challenging climate.

The multimillion-rand Wheat Breeding Platform at Welgevallen Experimental Farm in Stellenbosch in the Western Cape -- established in 2014 as a consortium comprising public and private sector partners -- is also set to help South Africa meet the current local wheat demand and also become a wheat exporter.

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