In an urgent response to the endemic threat that wheat stripe rust (also known as “yellow rust”) now poses to global wheat production, a partnership of leading international agricultural research centers, national research institutions, and policy makers from rust-affected countries are meeting in Izmir, Turkey during 28 April-01May to review the most recent science innovations, mobilize a global strategy, and initiate action on the ground to combat future rust epidemics. Organized by the Turkish Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Livestock (Gıda, Tarım ve Hayvancılık Bakanlığı) and the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), with support from the Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI), the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), the CGIAR Research Program on Wheat, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the event has drawn 200 participants from more than 25 countries.
Read more about the event. (Photo: E. Mohmand/CIMMYT)
