Crops Worldwide Threatened by New Wheat Fungus

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Friday, 13 April 2007, 10:55 am
Opinion: United Nations Crops Worldwide Threatened by New Wheat-Killing Fungus, UN Agency Warns

New York, Apr 12 2007 6:00PM
Warning that a virulent new wheat-killing fungus called wheat stem rust could destroy harvests across the globe, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today said that it has partnered with other organizations to fight the spread of the dangerous strain.

Warning that a virulent new wheat-killing fungus called wheat stem rust could destroy harvests across the globe, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today said that it has partnered with other organizations to fight the spread of the dangerous strain.

Also known as wheat black rust, the fungus, which first emerged in Uganda in 1999, has spread from East Africa to Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula.
Approximately 80 per cent of all varieties of wheat in Asia and Africa are vulnerable to this new strain which spreads rapidly and is transmitted by the wind across continents and over long distances.

“Global wheat yields could be at risk if the stem rust spreads to major wheat producing countries,” cautioned FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf said.
Destruction of wheat crops, causing billions dollars worth of losses, “could lead to increased wheat prices and local or regional food shortages,” he said.

This could have dire implications for developing countries, he added, since they rely heavily on wheat and do not have access to wheat varieties resistant to the fungus.

FAO has joined forces with the Global Rust Initiative – an international group lead by the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center – which receives most of its funding from Canada, the United States and India.
The partnership will assist efforts to develop wheat varieties resistant to the fungus, bolstering plant protection and developing contingency plans in the event of crop infection.

FAO urges countries already affected, particularly Yemen, as well as countries at risk to heighten their surveillance of the rust.

The strain of fungus found in Yemen is already more virulent than the one in East Africa, the agency said, and there is a high risk that Sudan will be affected next.

FAO said there is a possibility that wind currents could carry the fungus spores from Yemen north along the Red Sea to Egypt or through the Saudi Arabian peninsula to the Near East.

In the late 1980s, a similar disease appeared in East Africa, traveling to Yemen, the Near East and Central Asia, finally reaching South Asia in four years. This massive spread resulted in losses in crops worth over $1 billion. Peacejournalism, Nepal

REV6:6 I heard what sounded like a voice from among the four living creatures, saying, "A quart of wheat for a day's pay or three quarts of barley for a day's pay. But do not damage the olive oil and the wine."

Shalom,

{{Laurel}}

Can you give a link to your dream so that i can read it please?

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REV6:6 I heard what sounded like a voice from among the four living creatures, saying, "A quart of wheat for a day's pay or three quarts of barley for a day's pay. But do not damage the olive oil and the wine."

{{diverteach}}

THANK you! This is a confirmation for me.

We looked up this verse earlier while talking about this article.

May Yahweh pour out His shalom upon you Laurel and diverteach.

My translation does not say "olive oil". It simply says "oil". Which for centuries people may have assumed it meant olive oil because anyone living prior to the industrial revolution could not have imagined any other kind of oil that would be in high demand.

sojourner

BatYah,
I always find your posts to have valuable information and to be very much worth reading. Thank you for posting this. I'm so busy that I miss a lot of things in the news, and I have to get most of my really relevant news here, along with the scriptural understanding that makes it stand out. The significance of the wheat and the bread was immediately evident, and it's a sobering thought! I sometimes make homemade bread (I haven't really found a recipe that I'm completely satisfied with, though--anybody have a good one?!?), and I guess wheat for that purpose will become scarce, along with wheat for everybody's bread.

diverteach, I don't mean to turn right around and become lightminded, but from the vantage point we have of your picture of you and your gorgeous bird, I was a bit fearful for your eye at first glance!

sojourner, I always enjoy seeing your posts, too. It's good to see you here. I've been away a lot with family things and such, and just thought I'd say that since we crossed paths in a thread.

Sorry--I don't mean to hijack your thread, BatYah! Just enjoying the companionship!
Debbie

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BatYah,
I always find your posts to have valuable information and to be very much worth reading. Thank you for posting this. I'm so busy that I miss a lot of things in the news, and I have to get most of my really relevant news here, along with the scriptural understanding that makes it stand out. The significance of the wheat and the bread was immediately evident, and it's a sobering thought! I sometimes make homemade bread (I haven't really found a recipe that I'm completely satisfied with, though--anybody have a good one?!?), and I guess wheat for that purpose will become scarce, along with wheat for everybody's bread.

diverteach, I don't mean to turn right around and become lightminded, but from the vantage point we have of your picture of you and your gorgeous bird, I was a bit fearful for your eye at first glance!

sojourner, I always enjoy seeing your posts, too. It's good to see you here. I've been away a lot with family things and such, and just thought I'd say that since we crossed paths in a thread.

Sorry--I don't mean to hijack your thread, BatYah! Just enjoying the companionship!
Debbie

Shalom Debbie

Thank you

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I sometimes make homemade bread (I haven't really found a recipe that I'm completely satisfied with, though--anybody have a good one?!?), and I guess wheat for that purpose will become scarce, along with wheat for everybody's bread.

I was thinking about this also because i'm wanting to learn how to make my own bread for the Shabbath etc.

I have been gathering up recipes, but don't know how good they are yet?
Maybe we can share recipes.

Hugs,
Bat Yah

May Yahweh bless you and keep you. May Yahweh make His face shine on you and show you His favor. May Yahweh lift up His face toward you and give you shalom. in Yahshua's name, Amen

P.S.
You didn't hijack the thread

Bless you Shy.

sojourner