Original paper

Threat of wheat blast to South Asia’s food security: An ex-ante analysis

Volume: 13, Issue: 5, Pages: e0197555 - e0197555
Published: May 21, 2018
Abstract
New biotic stresses have emerged around the globe over the last decades threatening food safety and security. In 2016, scientists confirmed the presence of the devastating wheat-blast disease in Bangladesh, South Asia–its first occurrence outside South America. Severely blast-affected wheat fields had their grain yield wiped out. This poses a severe threat to food security in a densely-populated region with millions of poor inhabitants where...
Paper Details
Title
Threat of wheat blast to South Asia’s food security: An ex-ante analysis
Published Date
May 21, 2018
Journal
Volume
13
Issue
5
Pages
e0197555 - e0197555
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