Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations  

International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

BOLD Voices: Filippo Bassi, Morocco

Under the DIIVA-PR project, funded by the Crop Trust, ICARDA in Morocco, alongside its partners, INRA-Maroc and Benchaib Semences, has recently developed six promising new drought-tolerant varieties of durum wheat and barley. With their climate-smart and enhanced food quality traits, such as heat, drought, and pest resistance, the new varieties aim to strengthen food and nutrition security and improve the livelihoods and resilience of Moroccan farmers.
ThemeTechnical Resources
SubjectCrop diversity
PublisherCrop Trust
Publication year2023
RegionsAfrica
LanguagesEnglish
Resource typeMultimedia
Resource linkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmK3YlbjPiQ&list=PLH9vo-Wd0nNeia4_shC-wwKLelrN75SWU&index=3
KeywordsAgricultural biodiversity; Plant breeding
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