Wheat Production

  • Blockchain and Wheat: From Field to Table

    Why talk about blockchain in wheat Wheat passes through many hands: from the farmer to storage, from transporters to mills, and finally to bakeries or pasta makers. At each stage, there are documents, quality checks, and payments. Often, these data remain fragmented or not fully transparent. Blockchain is a technology that records all this information…

  • Wheat Genetics: From Plant Breeding to GMOs

    Why wheat genetics matters Wheat is one of the pillars of global food security: it provides about 18–20% of calories and proteins in the human diet worldwide, with much higher shares in North Africa and Western Asia. Understanding how varieties evolve and which tools breeders use is crucial for yields, quality, and the resilience of…

  • From Field to Table: Short Wheat Supply Chains and Local Flours

    Wheat is not only the raw material for bread, pasta, or pizza: it is also an indicator of how our food system functions. In recent decades, the wheat supply chain has become highly globalized: grains grown in Canada or Ukraine reach Italian mills, flours produced in Europe end up in baked goods in Asia, and…