AGRICULTURAL NEWS - The aim of the WBP will be to assist South African farmers to increase their wheat yields and profitability.
Speaking at the launch, Dr Marinda Visser, Grain SA’s manager of research, said a serious decline in hectares planted to wheat had been observed.
“Since the late 1990s, wheat production has declined sharply, from over a million hectares, to less than 500 000ha during the last planting season.” She attributed this decline to economic factors as well as climatic conditions, among others.
The WBP would draw on expertise from both the public and private sectors to stem this decline in production and achieve a sustainable increase in wheat productivity, she said.
Wheat breeding platform set to boost SA wheat production
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Posted on: 08:30 Fri, 03 November 2017
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