Wheat is together with maize and rice, the world’s most important crop, with a harvest of ca 760 million metric tons during 2020 (www.fao.org). Wheat production covers more than 240 million hectares (ha) globally.
OlsAro is offering a solution in a growing demand for food in a world with an increasing population and decreasing arable land due to climate change, bad management, and urbanization.
Wheat is together with maize and rice, the world’s most important crop, with a harvest of ca 760 million metric tons during 2020 (www.fao.org). Wheat production covers more than 240 million hectares (ha) globally.
OlsAro is offering a solution in a growing demand for food in a world with an increasing population and decreasing arable land due to climate change, bad management, and urbanization.
The first OlsAro solution: A salt tolerant wheat
OlsAros salt tolerant wheat germinates and grows well in saline soil and gives good yield. These properties can be adapted to different climate zones.
By taking advantage of OlsAro ́s wheat, saline land that normally is fallow because of a dry season (e.g. in Bangladesh) could be utilized, adding one more crop season to the farmers. This is of economic advantage in the whole chain from farm to fork. In addition, it also re-utilize land in the drive for more sustainable agriculture.
The OlsAro solution: A salt tolerant wheat
OlsAro is well under way to develop a wheat that is tolerant to salt. It germinates and grows well in saline soil and gives good yield. These properties can be adapted to different climate zones.
By taking advantage of OlsAro ́s wheat, saline land that normally is fallow because of a dry season (e.g. in Bangladesh) could be utilized, adding one more crop season to the farmers. This would be of economic advantage in the whole chain from farm to fork. In addition, such crops would also re-utilize and remediate saline land in the drive for more sustainable agriculture.
The OlsAro solution: A salt tolerant wheat
OlsAro is well under way to develop a wheat that is tolerant to salt. It germinates and grows well in saline soil and gives good yield. These properties can be adapted to different climate zones.
By taking advantage of OlsAro ́s wheat, saline land that normally is fallow because of a dry season (e.g. in Bangladesh) could be utilized, adding one more crop season to the farmers. This would be of economic advantage in the whole chain from farm to fork. In addition, such crops would also re-utilize and remediate saline land in the drive for more sustainable agriculture.