K-State to lead hunger initiative

Kansas researchers will study how to promote the growth of crops in the face of climate change and global instability, in an effort to tackle world hunger.

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November 1, 2023 - 3:25 PM

Kansas State University will use the $22 million on collaborative crop research. Photo by (Perry Beeman/Iowa Capital Dispatch)

TOPEKA — Kansas researchers will turn their focus to wheat, millet and other crops in a federally funded attempt to tackle world hunger.

The U.S. Agency for International Development awarded Kansas State University $22 million to research how best to promote the growth of crops as climate change and global instability continues to derail the agricultural industry.

K-State will lead the Feed the Future Climate Resilient Cereals Innovational Lab, or CRCIL, focusing on sorghum, millet, wheat and rice as major world crops that need to be protected. The university will…

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