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07/27/2015 12:00

Globale Weizen Initiative stellt auf G20-Meeting Strategische Forschungsagenda vor

Dipl.-Biol. Stefanie Hahn Pressestelle
Julius Kühn-Institut, Bundesforschungsinstitut für Kulturpflanzen

    Die „Weizen Initiative“, Wheat Initiative, die 2011 durch die G20-Agrarminister ins Leben gerufen wurde, gibt in einer englischsprachigen Presseinformation die Veröffentlichung ihrer Strategischen Forschungsagenda bekannt. Die Agenda wurde heute (27.7.) auf dem G20-Gipfel der Agrarforscher in der Türkei öffentlich vorgestellt. Die Wheat Initiative ist ein Netzwerk, in dem 16 Länder, 9 private Züchtungsunternehmen sowie zwei internationale Zentren vertreten sind. Sie verfolgt das Ziel, der zur Ernährungssicherung der steigenden Weltbevölkerung zwingend notwendigen Steigerung der Weizenerträge durch die internationale Koordination der Forschungsaktivitäten...

    ...sowie durch die Bündelung und verbesserte Nutzung vorhandener Ressourcen und die Abstimmung nationaler und internationaler Aktivitäten zu begegnen.

    Das Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI) vertritt als Bundesforschungsinstitut für Kulturpflanzen das Deutsche Bundeslandwirtschaftsministerium (BMEL) in der „Weizen Initiative“. Prof. Dr. Frank Ordon, der das Institut für Resistenzforschung und Stresstoleranz des JKI leitet, ist seit 2014 Vorsitzender des Research Committees der globalen Wheat Initiative: „Weltweit ist Weizen die Kulturart mit der größten Anbaufläche und für die Ernährungssicherung von entscheidender Bedeutung. Im Jahre 2050 ist aufgrund des Bevölkerungswachstums mit einer um ca. 60 Prozent gestiegenen Nachfrage nach Weizen gegenüber 2010 zu rechnen. Um diese zu befriedigen, muss der jährliche Ertragsfortschritt von 1,1 Prozent (bis 2010) auf 1,6 Prozent steigen.“ Dies erfordert, laut dem JKI-Forscher, weltweit deutliche Verbesserungen des Ertragspotentials, der Ertragssicherheit, der Ressourceneffizienz, aber auch die Entwicklung nachhaltiger, umweltschonender Produktionssysteme.

    „Die jetzt veröffentlichte Strategische Forschungsagenda der Wheat Initiative ist das Ergebnis einer weltweiten Expertendiskussion, in der die kurz-, mittel-, und langfristigen Prioritäten in der Weizenforschung genannt und nötige strategische Handlungen aufgezeigt werden. Sie ist somit ein Meilenstein auf dem Weg zur Ernährungssicherung“, sagt Prof. Ordon vom JKI. Das Agenda-Dokument und weitere Einzelheiten unter http://www.wheatinitiative.org/

    Nachstehend finden Sie den Text der englischen Presseinformation, die mit einer Sperrfrist belegt ist.

    Wheat Initiative launches its Strategic Research Agenda

    July 27, 2015 – Paris (France) - To meet the expected 60% raise in demand for wheat by 2050, coordination of research and significant investments are needed to increase wheat sustainable production globally. The Wheat Initiative presented today its Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) to the G20 Agricultural Chief Scientists gathered in Turkey.

    Wheat is a staple food worldwide and provides 20% of all calories and protein, both in developed and in less developed countries. However, between 1998 and 2013, demand exceeded production every other year. Hence, all wheat producing countries share an urgent need to increase yield potential, protect wheat from yield losses due to pests and diseases, maintain yield under highly variable climatic conditions and increase the sustainability of wheat production systems, so that enough wheat with adequate quality is produced. This will only be achieved if resources and capabilities are built to support cutting-edge research, breeding and agronomy in wheat and through knowledge exchange and capacity building in the wheat research global community.

    To answer these challenges, the Wheat Initiative Strategic Research Agenda identifies key research priorities for the short, medium and long term. It also lists outstanding game-changers that will revolutionise wheat breeding in the future, including: the availability of a fully assembled and annotated wheat reference genome sequence, the accessibility to wheat scientific data and analysis tools via a dedicated information system, the creation of new combinations of desirable alleles through new breeding techniques.

    Hélène Lucas, International Scientific Coordinator of the Wheat Initiative explains:
    “The Wheat Initiative Strategic Research Agenda identifies research priorities that should be tackled at the international level through integrated or coordinated action. It provides a framework for public and private researchers, funders and policy-makers to work together and answer the challenge to sustainably increase wheat production and contribute to global food security”.

    Steve Visscher, BBSRC Deputy Chief Executive and Chair of the Wheat Initiative Institutions’ Coordination Committee, adds: “The Wheat Initiative will create a dialogue among its members to define the initial priorities. The Institutions’ Coordination Committee will identify and develop a portfolio of mechanisms to facilitate the effective delivery of the SRA, including encouragement of active research collaborations, alignment of national, regional and company strategies to the SRA priorities, joint-funding mechanisms for international calls, as well as public-private cooperation frameworks.”

    The SRA results from the work of the international public-private research community represented in the Wheat Initiative committees and Expert Working Groups. The Wheat Initiative is grateful to the support from many Stakeholders which took the opportunity to comment and improve the document via an open consultation on the challenges and priorities identified in the SRA.

    For further information, please contact:

    Scientific contacts:
    Hélène Lucas, Wheat Initiative International Scientific Coordinator
    wheat.initiative@versailles.inra.fr
    Peter Langridge, Chair of the Wheat Initiative Scientific Board
    peter.langridge@adelaide.edu.au

    Press Relations:
    Anna Dall'Oca, Wheat Initiative Communications Officer
    wheat.initiative@versailles.inra.fr
    +33 142 759 485
    Twitter: @WheatInitiative

    About the Wheat Initiative:
    The Wheat Initiative was established in 2011 as part of the Action Plan of the G20 Ministries of Agriculture. It currently brings together 16 countries, 2 CGIAR Centres and 9 private breeding companies. It aims at coordinating international research efforts on wheat and at providing opportunities for an increased and more efficient utilisation of resources through alignment of national and regional activities and pooling of resources.

    About wheat:
    With around 220 million hectares planted annually, wheat is the most widely cultivated cereal in the world. 85% of wheat is produced in only 10 countries/regions, with the EU-28, China and India contributing to 50% of it. 70% of the 700 million tons produced annually are used for human consumption and wheat provides around 20% of global calories and protein of the human diet. Wheat is a staple food for around 3 billion people including 1.2 billion poor. Stable and reliable wheat production and the maintenance of prices at an affordable level are therefore paramount for global food security and political stability.


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