Improving wheat in Afghanistan

Improving wheat in Afghanistan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Tomohiro Ban (L), a professor at Yokohama City University, and research students from Afghanistan examine a sheaf of wheat cultivated from Afghan wheat seeds in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on June 26, 2012. A project is under way to help Afghanistan produce wheat based on Afghan wheat seeds brought to Japan about a half century ago.

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  • 2012/7/04 00:00:00
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  • 2012 Kyodo News
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  • 240 dpi
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