July 08
Statement by AGRA
Chairman on EU proposal to spend unused EU budget to help
African farmers
FAO launches emergency
rice programme in West Africa - Eleven countries take immediate
steps to revive local production
Unfavourable prospects
for 2008 cereal crops in several East African countries
First publicly funded
GM crop enters safety approval process for general use in South
Africa
Burkina Faso
becomes third African country to commercialize biotech crops
Malawi government
okays research into genetically modified crops
Testing of Bt
cotton to start this year in Uganda
June 08
AGRA and the
Millennium Challenge Corporation launch a historic collaboration
to provide Africa's farmers with technologies, infrastructure
and financing
Egypt joins Africa
Rice Center as member country
Emergency Rice
Initiative launched to help African countries severely hit by
soaring prices - Concrete action plans developed to urgently
stimulate rice production in 11 African countries as an
immediate follow-up to the Rome World Food Summit
First Egyptian
approval of genetically modified corn raises questions
Statement by the
African Seed Trade Association on the food crisis
Communiqué de l'Association Africaine du Commerce des
Semences sur la crise alimentaire
New rice-growing
system developed for the wetlands of West Africa
FAO starts seed
distribution in Mauritania - Trucks with more than 500 tonnes of
seeds are on their way to the countryside
New Gates grant for
FAO statistics improves information in 17 African countries
Le riz en Afrique :
quatre organismes de recherche français et africains renforcent
leur collaboration
Conversations about plant
biotechnology:
Potential advantages of GM cotton for Burkinabe farmers
Boosting food
production in Africa’s "breadbasket areas" - New
collaboration among Rome-based UN agencies and AGRA
Scientific
innovations will trigger Green Revolution in Africa
May 08
A "Green Revolution" for Africa is announced
CIMMYT e-newsletter vol
5 no 5
- May 2008
- Doubled haploids
speed development of drought tolerant maize for Africa
At time of food
crisis, new rice varieties boost Africa’s rice production
Accord
tuniso-syrien dans le domaine des grandes cultures
Regional training
programme on 'Plant Genetic Resources and Seeds: Policies,
Conservation and Use'
First report of
Brown rot on potato in Mauritius
Egypt approves
commercialisation of first GM crop
Kenya launches
revolutionary US $50 million farm programme to provide
small-scale farmers and farm businesses financing and credit
Yellow mottle and
blast diseases on rice in Uganda
April 08
Africa holds the
future for world rice farming
Home-grown maize
seed solutions in southern and central Africa
First report of
Tobacco streak virus on faba bean in Sudan
Golden wheat
greens Kenya's drylands - Scientists and farmers pioneer
hardier, healthier wheat through IAEA partnerships
Africa Rice
Center (WARDA) actively assists African member states manage
the rice crisis
Plant Genetic
Resources for Agriculture, Plant Breeding, and Biotechnology
- Experiences from Cameroon, Kenya, the Philippines, and
Venezuela
Meeting of rice
breeders from 10 African countries sets forth strategy to
boost rice production in the face of rising food prices and
import crunch
Les exploitants agricoles
africains obtiennent l’accès à des variétés de riz
‘pluvial’, résistantes aux maladies
Egypt approves a
Bt -corn variety for domestic planting, the first such
approval in Egypt
Blast disease on
rice in Kenya
French bean
breeding in Kenya
Tanzania to
develop drought tolerant maize
Seed Update -
A Quarterly Publication of the Seed Security Network of the
Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Highlights on
tangible progress made by the Africa Rice Center (WARDA)
USDA/FAS GAIN report:
Kenya planting
seed report 2008
Blast disease on
rice in the central province of Kenya
March 08
WARDA Board
approves new research directions targeting major rice
challenges in Africa
Undiagnosed
diseases on maize and bean in Benguela, Angola - Request for
information
African
Agricultural Technology Foundation to develop
drought-tolerant maize varieties for small-scale farmers in
Africa - Long-term goal of public-private partnership is to
reduce crop failure, alleviate hunger and poverty
Representatives
from 35 countries attend the 8th Annual Congress of the
African Seed Trade Association (AFSTA)
Scientists meet
to launch a multi-million dollar project to step up
rice production in Africa and Asia
February 08
New Partnership for
Africa’s Development (NEPAD)-Michigan State University
partnership to bolster Africa’s biosafety capacity
Nouveau système
pour la sécurisation de l'approvisionnement en semences
céréalières au Maroc
Getting quality
seed to maize farmers in eastern and southern Africa
Iowa State
University awarded $450,000 to enhance nutritional value and
marketability of common beans in Uganda and Rwanda
North Africa
Biosciences Network (NABNet) to improve barley varieties for
North Africa
Le Burkina
Faso est prêt pour la vulgarisation du coton Bt
Senegal seeks
WARDA’s support to boost domestic rice production
Uganda
approves Bt cotton trials
First report
of Rice yellow mottle virus in rice in The Gambia
January 08
Impoverished
areas of Africa and Asia face severe crop losses from
climate change in 20 years
Partners for
life: CIMMYT and maize researchers in eastern Africa
African seed
collection first to arrive in Norway on route to Arctic seed
vault
Alliance for a
Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) commits US$180 million to
revive depleted soils of small-scale farmers
L’Alliance pour une révolution verte en Afrique (AGRA)
promet 180 millions de dollars US pour revitaliser les sols
appauvris des petits exploitants
Confined field
trials of GM cotton approved in Uganda
Genetic
discovery can boost the provitamin A content of Africa's
maize
BBSRC research
shows that diversionary tactics save crops from pests in
developing countries
December 07
Verdict Systems
and Astec Global sign agreement to sell Verdict data loggers in
Asia and Africa through Astec Global
December 07
newsletter of the African Seed Trade Association (AFSTA)
- Invitation of AFSTA Congress 2008
- The African Seed Trade Association signs an MoU with the
African Union
- STAK celebrates its Silver Jubilee: 25 years of providing
quality seed to farmers
- AFSTA joins West Africa Seed Alliance (WASA)
- SADC Permanent Secretaries finalize MoU on SADC harmonized
seed regulatory system
South Africa:
Biofuels situation update
New variant of
Wheat stem rust, strain Ug99 in Kenya
Report of
sorghum smut in Karamoja, Uganda
First reports
of Tomato chlorosis virus in southwestern Turkey and in
Mayotte Island, France
Biofuel:
Africa's new oil?
Project to
develop more nutritious sorghum announces scientific
breakthrough
Gates
Foundation funds unprecedented effort to unleash expertise
of African women in the agricultural sciences - New program
to fast track the careers of African women scientists, seeks
to fix leaky pipeline of women agricultural researchers in
Sub-Saharan Africa
La Fondation Gates finance
une initiative sans précédent de 13 millions de dollars pour
donner libre cours aux compétences des femmes africaines
dans les sciences agricoles - Le nouveau programme va
accélérer la carrière de 360 femmes scientifiques africaines
et renforcer la présence des femmes dans la recherche
agricole en Afrique subsaharienne
November 07
Tunisia opens
national gene bank to promote the development of sustainable
agriculture in the country
Maroc: La société
nationale de commercialisation des semences intervient pour
stabiliser le marché des semences
CIMMYT e-newsletter vol 4 no
11
- November 2007
- Turning on the power: New maize protein quality test for
developing country labs
- Iran can serve the world in wheat breeding
- New maize hybrid in western Kenya: The farmers speak
Bruce Paterson
joins Plant Health Products as Marketing Manager
West Africa
Biosciences Network to improve sorghum breeding in West Africa
Eight West African
countries to benefit from a regional biosafety project
Village wheats may
fend off stem rust
Las variedades tradicionales de trigo podrían rechazar la
nueva roya del tallo
African
Development Bank rice project sows success in West Africa
Syngenta and the
Royal Society of Chemistry launch African science initiative
Syngenta et la Royal Society of Chemistry lancent une
initiative scientifique en Afrique
Syngenta und die britische Royal Society of Chemistry gründen
Wissenschaftsinitiative für Afrika
New Bayer CropScience insecticide
spirotetramat granted first regulatory approval
Neues Bayer
CropScience Insektizid Spirotetramat weltweit erstmals
zugelassen
African farmer and
world agricultural leader announced as President of the Alliance
for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
Bt maize
trials harvested in Egypt
U.S.
Department of Agriculture begins issuing import permits for
fruits and vegetables from Africa
Bacterial ring
rot on potato - Algeria ex Canada
October 07
New information
platform for East African farmers
Biocarburants : une
rencontre au sommet pour l’Afrique
New Kenyan maize
variety resistant to the larger grain borer, a pest that
destroys a third of Kenya's maize crop every year
Combating cassava
mosaic
African cassava breeders network
moves to derail spreading epidemic of devastating crop virus
Legumes step
into the limelight in the tropics
Top maize breeders in Southern
and Eastern Africa urge governments to speed approvals of
new crop varieties needed by farmers
Les principaux
sélectionneurs de maïs en Afrique orientale et australe
exhortent les gouvernements à accélérer les autorisations
pour les nouvelles variétés de cultures nécessaires aux
agriculteurs
ICRISAT
incubates agri-business projects in Mozambique
Historic change
for rice research in Africa: Eastern and Central African
countries join WARDA as members
September 07
Undiagnosed disease
in vegetables crops in the Volta Region of Ghana
Open Forum on
Agricultural Biotechnology opens website on biotech in
Africa
CIMMYT
e-newsletter vol 4 no 9 - September 2007
- The larger grain borer is taking a beating from CIMMYT
breeders in Kenya
- Battle to prevent a global wheat crop catastrophe from an
unchecked airborne fungus
The Economic
Impact and the Distribution of Benefits and Risk from the
Adoption of Insect Resistant (Bt) Cotton in West Africa
Seed Update -
A Quarterly Publication of the Seed Security Network of the
Southern African Development Community (SADC)
First report
of Asian soybean rust caused by Phakopsora pachyrhizi
on kudzu in South Africa
WARDA
appoints new Assistant Director General for Research &
Development
Iris yellow
spot virus in onion seed crops in South Africa
African
partnership announces the launch of a critical PhD program
for crop breeding in Africa
- Cornell
University will support the University of Ghana to train
African plant breeders to confront indigenous problems
L’Algérie
a réalisé son autosuffisance en semences céréalières
First report
of Asian soybean rust in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Regional
consultation on biotechnology and biosafety for agriculture
and environment in the West Asia and North Africa sub-region
August 07
New maize and wheat
varieties to fight hunger in Kenya
Bt maize trials
perfom positively in Egypt
First report of
soybean rust caused by Phakopsora pachyrhizi in Ghana
First all-African GM
crop is resistant to maize streak virus
World rice research
centres unite to address major challenges facing African rice
growers
Zambia will not grow
GM crops
New results from
field testing in the southern hemisphere confirm the momentum in
Monsanto's R&D pipeline
African rice
production gets major boost
La production
rizicole en Afrique connaît une promotion importante
2nd International
Seed Trade Conference in CWANA Region to be held in Cairo, Egypt
July 07
IITA/Gatsby
innovations on cowpea production impact on farmers in the
northern Guinea
Government of Kenya
publishes bio-safety bill
African scientists and
agricultural organizations welcome AGRA clarification on biotech
research
New low-cost
technology counters widespread aflatoxin food poisoning,
increases agricultural exports
USDA/FAS GAIN report:
Republic of South Africa, Annual Biotechnology Report
Kofi Annan, Chair of
the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa holds first of
fact-finding missions with African smallholder farmers to boost
agriculture
Founder of Uganda's
Victoria Seeds Ltd. awarded African Green Revolution Yara Prize
for 2007
First all-African produced
genetically engineered maize is resistant to maize streak virus
SADC FANR ministers
approve SADC harmonised seed regulatory system
Seed Update - A
bimonthly publication of the Seed Security Network of the
Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Barley yellow
dwarf virus & stem rust, cereals - Kenya
June 07
Kenya's National
Biosafety Committee approves field trails of a genetically
engineered cotton variety
Economists draw
urgent attention to Africa’s looming rice crisis
Iowa State
University Seed Science Center scientists facilitate
agreements between the 14 member countries of the Southern
African Development Community (SADC) to improve seed
policies and regulations and to reduce seed trade barriers
in the region
Taking on
biotechnology the African way: does GM technology help
small-scale farmers?
First report of
Brown stalk rot on maize in South Africa
New university
course to help agricultural scientists in Africa communicate
their research to a wider audience
Alliance for a
Green Revolution in Africa appoints former UN
Secretary-General Kofi Annan as Chairman of the Board
Africa must create
its own biotechnology agenda
Gates Foundation
funds Purdue University's effort to protect food, enhance
African economy
May 07
Mali to encourage and
finance agricultural research and development
Afrique
de l’Ouest : les paysans, créateurs de biodiversité agricole
New standard for East
African organic products to be launched at Tanzanian conference
- Organic label expected to boost profits for small farmers,
expand exports and domestic and regional sales
Efforts to fight
hunger in Africa by preserving seeds and boosting research into
improved crop varieties
Uganda to conduct field
trials of GM insect resistant cotton
África confía en la
llegada de los cultivos biotecnológicos resistentes a la sequía
Genetically
modified chicory brings hope to African malaria patients
NERICA contributes
to record rice harvest in Africa
Pre-empting a
horticultural and food security disaster in eastern Africa:
scientists move in to tackle the invasion of leafminer flies
into the region
Un colloque
international sur la gestion des ressources génétiques en
zone de savanes d’Afrique de l’Ouest
Alternative crops
take root in Swaziland
Zimbabwe: consumer
watchdog warns against maize price increase
ProMED-mail: Fungus
responsible for Africa's deadly maize identified /
Biological control of aflatoxin contamination in maize in
Africa
April 07
Fungus
responsible for Africa's deadly maize identified
Hongo que causa el maíz letal africano es identificado
East Africa
small-scale cereal farmers receive major boost
Wheat killer
spreads from East Africa to Yemen - New partnership formed
to monitor and prevent spread of dangerous fungus
West Africa to
boost food crops with biotechnology
African
universities develop 'regional PhDs' to accelerate
agricultural research and biotechnology development in
Eastern and Southern Africa
March 07
Introduction of
NERICA rice in the Central African Republic
Mozambique aims
to lead 'green revolution' - Science and innovation will be
used to improve crops
WARDA Board of
Trustees endorses harmonization of activities with CIAT,
IITA and IRRI
Regional Training
Programme on Plant Genetic Resources and Seeds: Policies,
Conservation and Use to be held in Ethiopia
Insect Resistant Maize for Africa (IRMA) II
New Seed
Initiative for Maize in Southern Africa
Representatives
from 33 countries attend the 7th Annual Congress of the
African Seed Trade Association
Working
towards aflatoxin-resistant groundnut varieties
Drought causes
maize prices to shoot up in Swaziland as food shortages loom
The role of
agricultural biotechnology in hunger and poverty alleviation
for developing countries
Finding the seeds
of recovery close to home: Seed Systems Under Stress Program
helps African farmers buy and use locally available seed
New Partnership
for Africa's Development and Forum on African Research in
Agriculture join forces to bring new agricultural
technologies to farmers
February 07
Cornell University
students put marketing and management skills to work for Kenya's
seed industry
South Africa’s Minister
for Agriculture underscores need for biofortification
High genetic diversity
discovered in Eritrean barley
African Biofortified
Sorghum to continue engagement with South African government in efforts
to proceed with sorghum greenhouse trials
Bayer CropScience’s new
food chain partnership project in Africa Green World: Working with
Kenyan traders and small-holders to produce safe and healthy food Corn
and vegetables for farmers’ own use and for the European export market
GM crop production up 180%
in the Republic of South Africa
CIMMYT newsletter:
- Giving
African farmers room to grow
-
Small seed with
a big footprint: Western Kenya, Zimbabwe, and Nepal
Research
consortium to continue engagement with South African
government in efforts to proceed with sorghum greenhouse
January 07
DuPont Group
Vice President discusses future of African agriculture at
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
Nerica rice
among the top agricultural breakthroughs of the last 30
years
Enhanced,
drought-tolerant maize will give African farmers options,
even with global warming
South African
researchers to begin field tests of first-ever GM crop
developed by Africans for Africa
Dangerous wheat
disease jumps Red Sea - Devastating fungal pathogen spreads
from eastern Africa to Yemen, following path scientists
predicted
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