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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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