A key seminar on “Food for Good” was delivered by Prof. Assaf Distelfeld (Director, Institute of Evolution) at the 2021 ITVTI Food for Good International Higher Education Symposium. Academic and industry representatives from Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, India and Taiwan attended. Prof. Distelfeld’s lecture “Milestones in Wheat Domestication”, described the landmark scientific discovery made by a team of 95 scientists from around the world who successfully sequenced the genomes of 15 wheat varieties. The Asia Pacific Desk facilitated the participation of UofH in the conference, in collaboration with Providence University in Taiwan, which promotes issues of food sustainability across Asia.

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