Pasta of the future: climate-resistant wheat tested in Italy's Food Valley

In Emilia-Romagna, Italy's 'Food Valley', researchers are developing the pasta of the future by focusing on its main ingredient: wheat, according to a France 24 report. The effort comes as Italy's fourth heatwave of the summer pushes temperatures in some areas close to 40C, with all 27 major cities placed under the highest heat alert, the Guardian reported this week.

The research targets durum wheat, the basis of pasta, aiming to make it resistant to the climate stress that has become a recurring feature of Mediterranean summers. France 24's Focus programme visited the region to document the work on heat-tolerant varieties, a response to conditions that have already tested crops across the Italian peninsula.