Wheat in the Tropics : a growing demand

Regions
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
From Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)
Publication year 1989
Publication authors
  • Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Publication Type Magazine or Press item
Full Citation CTA. 1989. Wheat in the Tropics : a growing demand. Spore 20. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Abstract

Wheat was one of thee first plants to be cultivated by mankind, and today it is a major dietary constituent of about a quarter of the world's population, according to the International Wheat Council. It also dominates world cereal trade, with global...