March 24, 2025

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Bridging the gender gap in maize breeding: A call for inclusive agricultural research in Nigeria

January 13, 2025

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Top 5 advancements for new plant breeding methods in 2024

November 7, 2024

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Artificial Intelligence can help develop climate-resistant crops for Africa

June 27, 2024

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‘Gold mine’ of century-old wheat varieties could help breeders restore long lost traits - Historic traits could make modern wheat more resilient to disease and other stressors (Science)

March 28, 2024

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Reflections: 20 years of improving seed systems in Africa

March 18, 2024

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Gene editing: Time for South Africa to embrace plant breeding innovations (Food for Mzanzi)

March 15, 2024

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

March 4, 2024

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

February 5, 2024

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

January 26, 2024

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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

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

November 22, 2023

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

July 14, 2023

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

June 14, 2023

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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

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

June 2, 2023

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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

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

May 17, 2023

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

March 13, 2023

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Africa steps up genetic engineering for climate-resilient crops 

October 3, 2022

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Improving food security in Africa with nuclear techniques

September 29, 2022

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Africa’s biotechnology heroes celebrated on Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB) Day in Accra, Ghana

June 6, 2022

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Lesson for Africa on risks and rewards of regulating gene editing

June 2, 2022

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

March 25, 2022

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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

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Capitalizing on time in race to breed inclusive, resilient crops

December 17, 2021

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

November 30, 2021

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

November 23, 2021

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