Two thirds of the wheat is developed by CIMMYT(grist.org)
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Two thirds of the wheat is developed by CIMMYT
https://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/green-revolution-india-wheat-seeds-climate/
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Title: The ‘Green Revolution’ transformed global agriculture. Now it’s adapting to climate change
The sentence you've misquoted:
> Through its breeding program, it has developed about two-thirds of the wheat varieties and a third of the maize varieties grown worldwide.
... developing varieties and wheat production are two very-different things. In Maize specifically the world has eliminated a lot of varieties in favour of low-fiber, high-sugar varieties.
The sentence you've misquoted:
> Through its breeding program, it has developed about two-thirds of the wheat varieties and a third of the maize varieties grown worldwide.
... developing varieties and wheat production are two very-different things. In Maize specifically the world has eliminated a lot of varieties in favour of low-fiber, high-sugar varieties.
That's fair, did this in haste, my bad
The special seeds developed by the org are widely used in India.