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March 21, 2023
IPCC climate report draws urgency to food systems transformation
How new hybrid rice varieties are transforming the lives of African farmers
March 15, 2023
High quality seeds, synergies, and the Sahel – The experience of the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) in Mali and Niger
March 13, 2023
Africa steps up genetic engineering for climate-resilient crops
March 10, 2023
Africa must increase its share of global seed trade, says the African Seed Trade Association (The Herald)
March 7, 2023
Women in science, women in seed
February 24, 2023
Ethiopia’s experience of wheat production is exemplary to African countries: CIMMYT (ENA)
February 13, 2023
Rwanda: time for action in changing times
February 9, 2023
World Pulses Day 2023 highlights how pulses are at the core of sustainability
January 12, 2023
Let’s welcome the International Year of Millets!
December 20, 2022
Tanzania will ‘play a key role in GMO science despite the propaganda’
December 12, 2022
Semences améliorées: au Togo, divergences entre agriculteurs et autorités (VOA Afrique)
Nigeria - Seed legislation will enhance sector’s development, says the Director General, National Agricultural Seed Council (Blueprint)
December 6, 2022
International Year of Millets: Unleashing the potential of millets for the well-being of people and the environment
December 5, 2022
Rwanda is counting on Kenya to ensure that transparent information is shared with neighbouring EAC countries on all genetically modified seeds and food products (The East African)
November 28, 2022
A Northern Nigerian woman cultivating opportunities through East-West Seed Knowledge Transfer
November 24, 2022
Phytosanitary regulations ensure viable seed industry - Using science-based processes, the South African National Seed Organisation (SANSOR) monitors global phytosanitary regulations to ensure the effective and continuous movement of seed
October 28, 2022
Kenya has lifted its ban on genetically modified crops: the risks and opportunities (The Conversation)
October 17, 2022
Togo - Promouvoir les semences paysannes dans les politiques agricoles (Togo Breaking News)
October 5, 2022
Not all agriculture jobs are outdoors
Become a part of the growing agriculture sector
South Africa - New plant improvement act and plant breeders’ rights regulations look forward to an age of industrial hemp (Engineering News)
October 3, 2022
Pour la promotion des semences paysannes en Tunisie (Kapitalis)
Improving food security in Africa with nuclear techniques
September 29, 2022
Africa’s biotechnology heroes celebrated on Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB) Day in Accra, Ghana
September 28, 2022
World Farmers’ Organisation allies with International Seed Federation on climate action
September 22, 2022
“We will not achieve food security without reaching consensus on Farmers’ Rights and Breeders’ Rights” - Speech by Arthur Santosh Attavar, ISF Vice President, at the Opening Ceremony of the ninth session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
August 25, 2022
Minds open as University of Ghana Students debate the use of GMO crops in their country
August 24, 2022
How and why gene editing faces fewer global regulations than GMOs (Genetic Literacy Project)
August 22, 2022
Africa: Could finger millet and other indigenous crops help end food crises? (Africa News)
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