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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)


May 4, 2017


How much does the plant science industry invest in R&D? Investing in agriculture is two to four times more effective at reducing hunger and poverty than any other sector (CropLife International)


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