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July 26, 2024


Production semencière au Burkina faso : Le ministre de l’agriculture invite les acteurs à taire les querelles « inutiles et intestines » (LeFaso.net)


July 19, 2024


Nigerian farmers, scientists divided over GM maize (SciDev.net)


July 17, 2024


Nigeria - Government commends stakeholders for advancing biotechnology


July 16, 2024


Kenya - Enhancing plant variety protection through capacity building


Top-quality seeds ensure farming success (Food for Mzanzi)


July 8, 2024


Measuring inclusive access to improved seeds in Uganda: A pilot study


Seed regulation is the foundation on which South African agriculture is built (IOL)


July 5, 2024


Western Seed Company’s transformative impact on Rwanda’s agricultural sector (MSN)


June 27, 2024


SANSOR, South African National Seed Organization: Custodians of quality seed (Food for Mzanzi)


‘Gold mine’ of century-old wheat varieties could help breeders restore long lost traits - Historic traits could make modern wheat more resilient to disease and other stressors (Science)


June 13, 2024


Safeguarding Africa’s diverse food crop seed collections against climate threats (The Africa Report)


May 31, 2024


Exploring cannabis and hemp cultivation laws in South Africa and beyond (CDH Inc.)


Advancing biotechnology in Africa: Reflections from Kenya and Zambia


May 27, 2024


Ethiopia’s transformation into a market-oriented seed sector
Ethiopië’s transformatie naar een marktgestuurde zaaizaadsector


The International Seed Federation (ISF) celebrates 100 years (Téma Agriculture & Terroirs)


May 15, 2024


Sécurité et souveraineté alimentaires en Tunisie - Les semences locales pour une véritable indépendance (La Presse)


May 14, 2024


Lessons from Africa’s largest producer of GMO maize


April 22, 2024


Youth farmer Edelqueen Anyiso’s story of resilience in growing TAAT-promoted drought-tolerant maize varieties


Kenya - Margaret Shitandi: Growing high-yielding hybrid maize varieties has helped me to improve my household income


April 10, 2024


Mastering crisis communication in biotechnology regulation: Insights from the Africa Biosafety Regulators Retreat


March 28, 2024


Reflections: 20 years of improving seed systems in Africa


March 18, 2024


Gene editing: Time for South Africa to embrace plant breeding innovations (Food for Mzanzi)


March 15, 2024


How Kenya’s plant breeding stations are investing in women in science (Farmers Review Africa)


March 13, 2024


Certification des semences exemptes de maladies en Afrique centrale et de l'Ouest: des experts ouvrent un dialogue politique et technique de haut niveau au pôle scientifique de Bingerville de l'Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny d'Abidjan (Abidjan.net)


March 12, 2024


L'association Semencière du Mali (ASSEMA) réclame la subvention des semences de céréales (Bamada.net)


March 11, 2024


Seed technologies key in addressing various constraints of agriculture in Africa


Seed technologies are key to addressing Africa's agricultural problems (Daily Trust)


March 4, 2024


Costs of inappropriately regulating all seed innovations as GMOs are too high for South Africa (Daily Maverick)


University of Ibadan Professor recommend setting up a Plang Breeding Rescue Agenda 2050 for Nigeria (The Guardian)


February 22, 2024


TASAI - Seed Sector Performance Index update to be launched in April 2024


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