October 12, 2026

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Decades of collaboration advances breeding efforts in high-yielding aflatoxin-resistant maize

October 6, 2026

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AfricaRice visits CIMMYT to deepen partnerships and advance One CGIAR’s vision for resilient food systems in Southern Africa

September 28, 2026

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Nigeria - Minister of Agriculture urges investment in plant breeding, institutional partnerships for food security (The Nation)

Africa’s wheat revolution gets a regional push as experts gather in Addis Ababa

September 25, 2026

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Growing Africa’s vegetable seed sector: New breeding lines and hybrids break ground in Benin

September 14, 2026

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SACTA, the South African Cultivar and Technology Agency, reinforces the importance of seed research (Farmer's Weekly)

September 11, 2026

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Exploring how AI can bring farmer voices closer to breeding

September 7, 2026

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Nigerian Plant Breeders Association (NPBA) seeks increased investment in research to boost food security (Peoples Gazette)

September 1, 2026

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CIP, Dutch seed company HZPC explore hybrid potato breeding and true potato seed to boost climate resilience in Eastern Africa (Farmers Review Africa)

August 19, 2026

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Wheat science without borders: African breeders strengthen collaboration for better wheat

August 12, 2026

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Nigeria tackles low rice yields with $3.7 million seed investment from Japan (Agence Ecofin)

August 7, 2026

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Investing in Africa’s Food Future: How CIMMYT and partners are cultivating the next generation of plant breeders

August 4, 2026

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Enza Zaden's Pumpkin Matters Field Days in South Africa - Pumpkin varieties that deliver quality and performance in every market

July 17, 2026

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German-Ethiopian Institutional Partnership strengthens capacity in modern plant breeding
Deutsch-äthiopische Verwaltungspartnerschaft stärkt Fachkompetenz in der Pflanzenzüchtung

July 2, 2026

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Seed Co turns to artificial intelligence to boost crop breeding and seed distribution (The Herald)

June 29, 2026

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Ethiopia advances crop breeding systems for six priority crops: : maize, wheat, sorghum, teff, chickpea and common bean (Birr Metrics)

June 25, 2026

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Ethiopia’s capacity to improve crop varieties for farmers has been boosted by a 5-year breeding modernisation partnership with The University of Queensland

June 16, 2026

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UK-CGIAR Centre brings together global expertise on gene editing regulation for food security

June 10, 2026

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IMIC-Africa strengthens maize breeding partnerships for resilient seed systems across Africa

June 5, 2026

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Strengthening climate-resilient wheat systems across Central and West Asia and North Africa: CLIMARES project advances collaboration in Morocco and Jordan

May 25, 2026

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Young VACS breeders strengthen skills in breeding optimization and market intelligence

May 15, 2026

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CIMMYT and ICRISAT launch new initiative to fast-track climate-resilient crops for dryland farmers in Africa and India

May 12, 2026

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L’Institut national de la recherche agronomique de Tunisie (INRAT) à l’origine de 80 % des semences certifiées en Tunisie (Arabesque)

April 30, 2026

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Nuclear techniques help Liberia develop climate-resilient rice

April 7, 2026

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Accelerating soybean innovation in Africa: A new era for crop improvement

March 20, 2026

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Transforming maize productivity in Sub Saharan Africa through the developments of breakthrough hybrids - By 2050, maize yields will need to double to keep pace

March 9, 2026

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Kenya - Scientists on a mission to make finger millet great again (Daily Nation)

February 26, 2026

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Groundnut breeding in Eastern and Southern Africa: Regional review charts a clear path forward

February 11, 2026

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How genebanks helped Dr Ahmed O. Warsame, a Somali researcher, bring back cowpea to Somalia

February 6, 2026

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Farmer-focused, demand-driven crop breeding through product advancement meetings - CIMMYT is driving inclusive, data driven breeding to deliver sorghum, pearl millet, and groundnut varieties shaped by farmers’ realities and market needs across Mali and Nigeria