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December 17, 2021


GMO cowpea could make protein-rich staple food more affordable, say Nigerian scientists


December 13, 2021


GM cowpea to transform Nigeria


Key lessons from Nigeria's environmental approval of Tela maize


December 2, 2021


Nigeria urges Africa to follow its lead on GM cowpea


November 30, 2021


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


November 29, 2021


Nigeria - Food security hinged on reliable seeds’ system, sys Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (Science Nigeria)


November 23, 2021


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


November 15, 2021


Frustration grows over Ghana’s delay in approving GM cowpea


Celebrating advent of plants varieties protection law in Nigeria (Vanguard News)


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


November 4, 2021


Semences des céréales et sécurité alimentaire en Tunisie (Kapitalis)


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


Staple crops in eight African countries could decrease by as much as 80 percent by 2050 in some areas if temperatures continue to rise due to climate change (New Business Ethiopia)


October 27, 2021


Authorizing GM Crop Varieties: Policy Implications for Seed Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa (Agronomy)


Nigeria welcomes GMO cowpea


October 25, 2021


Nigeria - The Plants Varieties Protection Act 2021 (Guardian)


October 20, 2021


Nigeria’s plant variety protection: in line with international intellectual property norms (Managing IP)


October 18, 2021


Stakeholders intensify call for increased domestic rice production on the African continent to meet the ever-increasing demand


October 14, 2021


A path to sustainable, climate-resilient agriculture in Eastern and Southern Africa: enhancing science to support the agribusiness ecosystem


New APBREBES study “Searching for flexibility - Why parties to the 1978 Act of the UPOV Convention have not acceded to the 1991 Act” explores the debates around plant variety protection in nine countries that are parties to UPOV 78


October 8, 2021


Uganda edges toward accepting biotechnology as climate challenges mount


October 5, 2021


Searching for flexibility - Why parties to the 1978 Act of the UPOV Convention have not acceded to the 1991 Act


October 4, 2021


Counterfeit seed keeps Ugandan farmers poor (Daily Monitor)


September 29, 2021


A landmark achievement: The story of improved cowpea


September 27, 2021


Kenya's cotton industry on revival trajectory as farmers embrace improved varieties (Xinhua)


September 23, 2021


Seed takes center stage - The Africa Vegetable Breeding Consortium (AVBC) annual workshop is the public/private platform for collaboration to ensure Africa’s vegetable producers get the seed they need


September 22, 2021


The promise - and limits - of Bt maize to manage fall armyworm in Africa


September 21, 2021


Africa to push rapid adoption of biotechnology to transform food systems at historic UN Summit


September 1, 2021


Game-changing GM crop finally planted in Nigeria - After decades of research, Nigeria’s farmers are growing a GM version of their staple legume that will help millions combat hunger and poverty (Cosmos)


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