Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Yes, we can grow wheat in the Philippines

Abe V Rotor

Standing wheat crop, flowering period.

Wheat infloescence for pollination and fertilization

Ready to harvest crop

Harvested wheat ready for threshing

Threshing wheat

Whole wheat grains after threshing, equivalent to rice pinawa

Bread products from local wheat. Quality can be
compared with products from imported wheat.

Yes, we can grow wheat in the Philippines and save billions of pesos every year.


NOTE: Author was national wheat production coordinator under NFA-DA and PCARRD-DOST in 1980 to 1986.

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1 comment:

  1. I'm interested in this technology. What's the status of tropical wheat research now?

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