Scientists kick off global effort to map wheat genome

15-Jun-2005 Last updated on 18-Mar-2017 at 15:41 GMT

Unleashing potential gains in quality and sustainability for this common food, scientists will embark on a new project to track the wheat genome.

Australian drought threatens wheat supply

08-Jun-2005

Australia, the world's second largest wheat exporter, may be facing up to a 30 per cent fall in its grain production this year, says a report released yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economies (ABARE), writes Lorraine...

Who is afraid of GMOs?

06-Jun-2005

It is a perversion of the 21st century that while affluent societies continue the quest to slice the fat from their increasingly obese populations, five million children die from hunger each year, and more than 850m people go chronically hungry.

Prices for cereal-sourced ingredients to rise on eroding stocks and use

08-Apr-2005

Prices for cereals still vulnerable to upside risk in 2005/06 as world crop predictions suggest supplies could fail to meet demand, resulting in a drawdown of already vulnerable global stocks, reports Lindsey Partos.