Indonesia reduce las importaciones de arroz gracias a las variedades mutantes de este cereal (en inglés)
The village of Gowa in the South Sulawesi province of Indonesia has an agrarian history that dates back to the fourteenth century – an agricultural prominence it still maintains, in part due to the top-grade fertile soil in the region.
Ayuda de las ciencias nucleares a los agriculturores de Zimbabwe (en inglés)
Cowpea, also known black-eyed pea, is widely cultivated in Zimbabwe. This bean feeds humans and animals, and is an important cash crop. But global warming has hit local cowpea production. And a nuclea...
Fitomejoramiento por inducción de mutaciones en Indonesia (en inglés)
Tempeh, made of fermented soybeans, is a national staple in Indonesia. Due to an increase in population and living standards over the last couple of decades, however, consumption has increased conside...
Ciencias nucleares para impulsar la biodiversidad vegetal (en inglés)
For more than 80 years, mutation breeding has been a fundamental and highly successful tool in the global efforts to feed an ever increasing and nutritiously demanding population. The method uses radi...