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March 31, 2020
Mitigating impacts of COVID-19 on food trade and markets
March 30, 2020
Heroes among us, who feed the world
Major climate, nature talks threatened by coronavirus
La Federación Internacional de Semillas pide a los gobiernos que faciliten el movimiento de semillas en tiempos de COVID-19 (Agronews Castilla y León )
March 27, 2020
ICARDA’s Mustapha El-Bouhssini explains how crop pests are moving in a warming world - Climate change will see pests moving countries and continents as conditions become more favorable
March 26, 2020
FAO Director-General urges G20 to ensure that food value chains are not disrupted during COVID-19 pandemic - Global and national markets must continue to be a transparent, stable and reliable source of food supply
March 25, 2020
Politique semencière du Mali: la contribution du cadre de concertation multi-acteurs (Bamada.net)
March 24, 2020
‘Tip of the Iceberg’ by Stefan Schmitz, Crop Trust Executive Director
March 23, 2020
Movement of seed in the time of COVID-19: A call from the International Seed Federation (ISF) for information from national and regional seed associations and seed companies
March 17, 2020
From hunger to profitable harvest: How GMO, CRISPR-edited plants can help curb $220 billion in annual crop losses (Genetic Literacy Project)
International Seed Federation statement on the movement of seed under the COVID-19 crisis
March 13, 2020
In new hostile climate, drought-tolerant crops, systems needed on unprecedented scale
Plant breeders are key to food security (The Nation Newspaper)
March 11, 2020
Green crop protection works, but it is difficult to measure
10 female founders revolutionizing the agriculture and functional food system - The women making tremendous contributions to the growth of the agriculture industry (Thrive Global)
March 10, 2020
The environmental consequences of climate-driven agricultural frontiers (Plos One)
March 9, 2020
To celebrate International Women’s Day the International Seed Federation focuses on the longest serving member of the ISF Secretariat, a woman by the name of Dr Radha Ranganathan
March 2, 2020
Ghana - Registrar Generals, Ministry of Food and Agriculture sensitise stakeholders on Plant Breeders Bill (GhanaWeb)
February 26, 2020
« Face à l'industrie semencière, le continent africain devra miser sur le développement des savoirs endogènes locaux » (Agence Ecofin)
February 24, 2020
World’s food systems rely on biodiversity - FAO Director-General urges “robust” outcome from Convention on Biological Diversity negotiations
February 19, 2020
Global climate frameworks miss the 'big picture' on food, say scientists - Schemes may fall short of ambitions by dealing separately with food production, supply and consumption
February 11, 2020
GMO cowpea: Ishiyaku’s ‘10-year slow walk journey’
January 31, 2020
Verdant Partners present 2019 Global Food and Agribusiness M&A Review
January 30, 2020
Nigeria okays new GM cowpea variety – Why it matters (The Wire)
January 28, 2020
Nigeria has given a new GM cowpea variety the go ahead. Why it matters (The Conversation)
January 10, 2020
Making seed systems work for men and women - Seed systems play a major role in Africa’s agricultural transformation — but are they gender-friendly?
December 19, 2019
Farmers‘ Rights vs. Breeders‘ Rights during the negotiations at the 8th Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA)
December 12, 2019
Quality seeds for Asian and African vegetable growers - Remarks presented by World Vegetable Center Director General Marco Wopereis during the 2019 World Food Prize Borlaug International Symposium, 16 October 2019, Des Moines, Iowa USA
December 11, 2019
Global Food Security Index 2019 highlights the growing threat of climate change - Exposure to environmental factors such as land degradation and volatile climate patterns diminishing food security on a global scale
December 5, 2019
How much will we eat in the future? Researchers at Göttingen University investigate relationship between our body size and human global calorie demand
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