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July 22, 2024


Celebrating Michael Eskin’s canola legacy - The University of Manitoba canola researcher will be inducted into the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame this fall (Manitoba Co-Operator)


July 9, 2024


Servant-Leadership: How Jerry Steiner strives to help people, plants, and planet


July 1, 2024


Game changers: Professor Cristobal Uauy, plant scientist at the John Innes Centre (Farmers Weekly)


June 17, 2024


Maine vegetable breeder Dr. John Navazio remembered as a generous teacher (Bangor Daily News)


June 11, 2024


In memory of Dr. Ronald P. Cantrell, IRRI Director General (1998 – 2004)


June 7, 2024


Histórico: una argentina llegó a la cima de un organismo internacional de semillas y podría marcar un hito para el país


June 6, 2024


Meet the Hazera people behind the crops: Bertus De Ruiter


May 16, 2024


Illuminata podcast celebrates Women in Triticum (WIT) awardees leading the change in wheat science


April 17, 2024


Luisa Trindade new director of graduate school Experimental Plant Sciences at Wageningen University & Research


Katie Murphy, Director, Phenotyping at the Donald Danforth Center: Scientist at Birth


April 10, 2024


In this installment of its Seed Heroes series, The Crop Trust salutes the Irish scientist Erna Bennett, whose unheeded calls in the 1960s to halt the rapid decline of crop genetic diversity are echoed in today’s global drive to save plant species from extinction


April 5, 2024


Growing up surrounded by agriculture and its challenges kickstarted interest for Nuseed sunflower breeder


April 4, 2024


Meet the Hazera people behind the crops: Alvaro Andrino, Sales Manager for Central America


March 15, 2024


Borlaug Global Rust Initiative announces 2024 Women in Triticum (WIT) awardees


Alberta Grains chair passionate about new role (The Western Producer)


Mulher no agro: transformando desafios e colhendo conquistas


March 11, 2024


Introducing Rosaria Campilongo: Going outside the comfort zone to find inspiration


March 7, 2024


Interview with Mary Sue Rogers, a member of the Supervisory Board at East-West Seed since 2016, on leadership and women in the workplace


March 5, 2024


Brasil - Mulheres na agricultura: histórias de quem faz a diferença no setor


February 21, 2024


Alumni career story: Jos van Boxtel: A pathway lined with new opportunities and friendships


February 9, 2024


Jane Toll: catalyzing and celebrating crop diversity - Celebrat Jane Toll, the woman, the collector, and the influencer behind the creation of the Crop Trust, which this year celebrates its 20 anniversaty


February 5, 2024


Humboldt-Stipendiat aus Togo forscht am Julius Kühn-Institut zu RNAi-Schädlingsbekämpfung


January 12, 2024


Nikolai Vavilov, the father of genebanks


January 11, 2024


Melanie Cabrera’s pioneering work in plant breeding


January 8, 2024


España - Hasta siempre Juan Antonio


December 4, 2023


How going against the grain forged an industry-leading career - If Hackett Professor Kadambot Siddique was more swayed by first impressions, Western Australia would almost certainly not be home to one of the world’s leading agricultural scientists


November 22, 2023


Women wheat scientists share their journeys with the Illuminata Podcast


October 16, 2023


Entrevista a Isabel Torró, Breeder Europea, Semillas LG


October 6, 2023


UC Davis doctoral student Marie Klein’s career boosted with Borlaug Scholar award


September 18, 2023


Conversatin avec Pierre-Benoit Joly, président du centre INRAE de Toulouse (France Bleu)


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