Global Wheat Microbial Disease Impact Project

Project Description

As a joint project between GEMS Informatics Center and 2Blades, the goal of this project is to assess the global burden of crop losses attributed to wheat microbial diseases.

Time Period

August 1, 2020 to January 31, 2021

Personnel

PI: Philip Pardey
Co-PI: Yuan Chai
Co-PI: Senait Senay
Research Support: Connie Chan-Kang

Activities

• Activity 1. Global multi-peril risk and loss assessment of wheat microbial diseases
• Activity 2. Estimates of wheat yield losses associated with each of the respective diseases
• Activity 3. Estimates of the global investments in wheat/crop pathology R&D
• Activity 4. Probabilistic assessment of the economically justifiable investment in R&D
• Activity 5. Policy brief on the economic assessment of the investment implications for wheat microbial diseases worldwide