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Researchers working part of the UK-CGIAR Centre’s wheat improvement project were recently featured in a BBC World Service’s The Documentary podcast.

The episode, entitled “Ark of the dry lands”, explores the work ICARDA, one of the CGIAR partners on the UK-CGIAR project, are doing to create new varieties of crops such as wheat and lentils that are resistant to drought or disease, without pesticides.

Listen to the podcast here.

Image credit: BBC World Service.