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March 28, 2024


Reflections: 20 years of improving seed systems in Africa


March 15, 2024


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


March 4, 2024


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


February 5, 2024


From California to Kenya: The first year of the CRISPR course for African plant scientists


January 26, 2024


CRISPR-edited crops break new ground in Africa - Scientists in the global south use the popular technique to protect local crops against local threats (Nature)


December 18, 2023


Scientists call for framework to scale up genome editing adoption in Africa (Ghana News Agency)


November 22, 2023


Insights from Dr. Mike Barrow’s quest for resilient maize varieties (Farmers Review Africa)


July 14, 2023


Scaling agriculture science and innovation for a climate-resilient future in Africa


June 14, 2023


Building capacities for advanced modern breeding programs in Africa - CIMMYT trains scientists in product profile-based maize breeding for increased genetics gains


June 5, 2023


African plant breeders must leverage technology to address food insecurity (BusinessGhana)


June 2, 2023


University of Ghana’s West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) has been incredible in efforts at improving Africa’s food security (MyJoy Online)


Founding Director of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) calls on African plant breeders to embrace new breeding technologies to ensure a sustainable food secure future (News Ghana)


African plant breeders urged to embrace new breeding technologies, develop climate-smart solutions to address food insecurity (allAfrica)


May 22, 2023


Gene revolution - What next for Zimbabwe? (The Standard)


May 17, 2023


West Africa - Breeders deliberate on soybean product advancement to meet market demand


March 13, 2023


Africa steps up genetic engineering for climate-resilient crops 


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


June 6, 2022


Lesson for Africa on risks and rewards of regulating gene editing


June 2, 2022


Genome editing: New breeding tool with potential to sustain agriculture in Africa


March 25, 2022


How South Africa is bungling regulation of CRISPR and other gene edited crops — and why consumers will pay the price (Genetic Literacy Project)


January 18, 2022


Capitalizing on time in race to breed inclusive, resilient crops


December 17, 2021


The future of plant breeding in Africa: An interview with Dr. Rita Mumm (CSR Wire)


November 30, 2021


The future of plant breeding in Africa: An interview with Dr. Rita Mumm


November 23, 2021


The global GM regulatory landscape and how gene editing fits in it (Part 1)


November 10, 2021


Breeding’s African food security contribution is a numbers game: CGIAR Excellence in Breeding (EiB) at the African Plant Breeders Association (APBA) conference


August 12, 2021


Gene editing is key to improving Africa’s staple crops


June 25, 2021


Conversation with Rwanda’s pioneer plant breeder (Taarifa)


June 10, 2021


African breeding programs leap forward by accessing new genotyping data


June 2, 2021


National Agricultural Seeds Advocacy Group: 'Plant Variety bill will boost R&D in the agricultural sector' (AllAfrica)


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