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October 18, 2024
Africa - Scientists intensify crop research for agri-transformation (University World News)
July 14, 2023
Scaling agriculture science and innovation for a climate-resilient future in Africa
October 3, 2022
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
July 15, 2022
African-led genome assembly of lablab bean marks step forward in diversifying global food supply
October 29, 2021
Securing the future of African food culture - One phenotype at a time
October 28, 2021
CGIAR spells out priority interventions to accelerate research uptake and strengthen Africa’s agriculture
June 3, 2021
Important role of women highlighted in study focused on the benefits of good farmer seed production
June 2, 2021
National Agricultural Seeds Advocacy Group: 'Plant Variety bill will boost R&D in the agricultural sector' (AllAfrica)
April 1, 2021
Dr Jane Ininda – A village girl who became a leading seed scientist
December 4, 2020
International Society for Seed Science moves ahead with plans for the ISSS general meeting, due to take place August 9-13, 2021 in Brighton, United Kingdom, and sollicits 'expression of interest' to determine whether a face-to-face meeting would be financially viable
November 17, 2020
Your participation needed: Global Plant Phenotyping Survey 2020/21
April 17, 2020
Relying on “local food” is a distant dream for most of the world Lähiruoka on enemmistölle sula mahdottomuus
November 28, 2019
As climate change hits crops, debate heats up over use of plant gene data - Governments spar over how to share out benefits fairly from new high-tech methods to develop climate-resilient crops (ReliefWeb)
October 2, 2019
Conference highlights need for increased climate funding for rice agri-food systems
September 11, 2019
Plant breeding innovations required to weather climate change, report says
August 19, 2019
A double-digit investment in the agricultural sector is needed to transform agriculture in Nigeria, says the Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
April 10, 2019
How to convince the media to report about your research (SciDev.Net)
February 6, 2019
Prehistoric food globalization spanned three millennia - Peasant farmers began transforming diets across the OId World 7,000 years ago, study finds
December 20, 2018
Open source for seeds and genetic sequence data: practical experience and future strategies Semences et séquences génétiques en open source ? Expériences récentes et stratégies futures
January 14, 2018
Hunting for wheat rust resistance amid relentless fungal mutations (Undark Magazine)
November 30, 2017
Building a collaborative community of wheat researchers in Ethiopia
October 18, 2017
More than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas (PLOS)
October 16, 2017
Borlaug Dialogue delegates to discuss strategy for tackling Fall Armyworm menace in Africa
August 2, 2017
Improving global integration of crop research (Science)
July 31, 2017
The hybrid alternative for Africa - Developing the hybrid rice technology capacity of national partners, farmers, nongovernment organizations, and the private sector is a major component of the AfricaRice strategy
July 19, 2017
CIMMYT - Breaking ground: Dagne Wegary at a busy intersection on the maize value
June 27, 2017
Celebrating our past and positioning our future: foresight dimension of IITA’s 50th anniversary celebration
May 28, 2017
Meet man who will not rest until he sees farmers growing 101 neglected crops (Daily Nation)
May 8, 2017
Nobel Laureate Sir Richard Roberts on GMO moth: 'Food security challenge ahead is formidable' (Forbes)
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