Global Research to Control Stem Rust Disease Prevents Huge LossesArticle on page 12 of newsletter Recent study published in Science by scientists from the University of Minnesota, CSIRO, University of Sydney, the University of Queensland, CIMMYT is highlighted during Philip Pardey and Jason Beddow's visit to University of Pretoria to work with Frikkie Liebenberg. |
The GRDC Backs Global Rust Funding CallGrains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) back findings published in the Science article "Agriculture: Right-Sizing Stem-Rust Research" co-authored with HarvestChoice personnel. |
Ug99 Funding is Lacking, Researchers SayPhilip Pardey comments on findings from recent Science journal article "Agriculture: Right-Sizing Stem-Rust Research". |
Fields of PlentyPhilip Pardey "points out that it was the investments of 50 years ago that gave us the Green Revolution and averted the widespread famine predicted in the 1960s by ecologists like Paul Ehrlich. His research shows that 50 years is about the lag time before the investment in agricultural R&D fully delivers." |
Without Adequate Funding, Deadly Wheat Disease Could Threaten Global Food Supplies, U of M Scientists SayReprint Reprint Reprint New Strains Of Common Wheat Diseases May Threaten Global Food Supplies In The Coming Years, Researchers Warn "The study, published in the current edition of the journal Science, examines how Ug99 – new virulent forms of stem rust first found in Uganda in 1999—could continue its movement across Africa, the Middle East and southwest Asia. It threatens food supplies for millions of people who depend on wheat and other small grains. Scientists have developed new wheat varieties with some resistance to the deadly disease, but the disease evolves and mutates into new forms, requiring new resistant varieties to be developed. " |
Science magazine: Global research to control stem rust disease saves wheat farmers losses worth US $1.12 billion per year"A study just published in Science by scientists from the University of Minnesota, CSIRO, the University of Sydney, the University of Queensland, and CIMMYT shows that research to control the wheat disease known as stem rust during 1961-2009 has added 6.2 million tons annually to world wheat harvests, worth US $1.12 billion per year at 2010 prices." |
Wheat Disease Threatens Global Food SuppliesAudio Interview: Wheat Disease Threat: More Research Needed Darren Kriticos and Philip Pardey point to their teams findings published in journal Science to encourage increased investment in wheat stem rust research. |
R&D Cuts Hurting AgriculturePhilip Pardey says R&D investment was a "crucial determinant of agricultural productivity and production". But a lack of government spending means the "die is already cast" for Australian agriculture in the near future. |
More Research and Development Needed to Feed the WorldKaron Snowdon interviews Philip Pardey and Will Martin, World Bank Research Manager, on the falling investment in agricultural research. |
Australia's Spending on Agricultural R&D has Dropped Internationally from 9th to 16th PlaceAustralia's Agricultural R&D Spending on the Decline: At What Cost to Trade, Global Food Prices and Food Security?, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Press Release, February 5, 2013. In a new study on investments in public agricultural R&D worldwide, Philip Pardey and colleagues ranked 126 developed and developing countries for the period 1960–2009. |
Shortchanging Ag Research?Experts Say Ag Research is Getting Shortchanged, Grand Forks Herald, January 23, 2013. Reprint, Morris Sun Tribune, January 22, 2013. Philip Pardey comments on the scale back in public sector spending on agricultural research in developed countries. |
