Project Overview
Project for the Development of Wheat Breeding Materials for Sustainable Food Production
Rapidly growth of the global population and climate change are great concern
for sustainable food production and environment conservation in developing
countries. Wheat breeding and genetic studies will find a way of great
advantage for sustainable wheat production and food security for sustainable
development with global food security
Development of wheat breeding and human resources for assiting Afghan reconstruction
Kihara Institute for Biological Research (KIBR) has conserved valuable
wheat germplasm, including 500 Afghan wehat local varieties and and wild
relatives which was explored and collected from the late Dr. Hitoshi Kihara
back in 1955. In FY2010, KIBR has been adopted by the "Science and
Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development" which
is performed by JST/JICA as a promotion of international joint research
targeting global issues and envisaging future utilization
of research outcomes.
The main targets of our research are; 1. Knowledge of
the genetic diversity among wheat germplasm originated from Afghanistan to
improve adapted commercial wheat varieties is accumulated. 2. Practical breeding
and evaluation methods for wheat germplasm highly adapted t marginal lands in
Afghanistan are developed. 3. Novel wheat breeding materials with widely
adaptation introduced from wheat wild relatives are developed. 4. Afghan wehat
germplasm are conserved and utilized.
We also train students and interns
from Afghanistan, cultivate them to be a future leader for bearing their
sustainable food production.
Our research goal is to conserve the global
environmental changes and food problem and which is expected as "The Second
Green Revolution".
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| Dr. Hitoshi Kihara, collecting wheat samples（Afghanistan, 1955） | Wheat breeding field (Afghanistan, 2010.6) |
