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April 17, 2016


The Crop Trust boosts funds, urges private sector to help safeguard seed varieties (Reuters)


April 13, 2016


Breeding controls - Scientists must help to inform regulators wrestling with how to handle the next generation of genetically engineered crop (Nature)


April 8, 2016


The Global Seed Vault, a final safeguard for the world's biodiversity (ABC)


April 7, 2016


Wild relatives of modern crops, and varieties that have fallen from common usage, contain traits that may be of great value to modern plant breeders. How can these valuable genetic resources be best maintained? (Nature)


April 5, 2016


2016 Global Food Policy Report: How we feed the world is unsustainable


April 4, 2016


Erntetod - Wie ein Pilz den Weizen der Welt gefährdet (Süddeutsche Zeitung)


April 1, 2016


SciDev.Net podcast: Seed investment


March 31, 2016


How gene editing will help solve the world's looming food crisis (The Week)


March 24, 2016


Seed banks overlook wild relatives of food crops (SciDev.Net)


Half the world to face severe water stress by 2030 unless water use is "decoupled" from economic growth, says international resource panel - Demand for water set to outstrip supply by 40 per cent, highlighting urgent need to improve how humans use the precious resource


March 22, 2016


Wild relatives of key crops not protected in gene banks, study finds (Science)


March 17, 2016


CRISPR Is going to revolutionize our food system — and start a new war over GMOs (co.exist)


March 11, 2016


Policy: Reboot the debate on genetic engineering (Nature)


Nature special: CRISPR


Welcome to the CRISPR zoo - Birds and bees are just the beginning for a burgeoning technology (Nature)


March 8, 2016


At 50-year mark, CIMMYT scientists strive for gender equity 


March 4, 2016


Is the global seed industry investing in smallholders? New report measures private sector engagement


February 29, 2016


Seed firms accused of neglecting female farmers (SciDev.Net)


February 28, 2016


ChemChina, Syngenta and ADAMA: the new wave of Chinese acquisitions? (IP Finance)


February 25, 2016


Alternative Futures for Global Food and Agriculture (OECD)


February 18, 2016


Issues and challenges in crop biotechnology


February 17, 2016


Agricultural Biotechnologies: Giving voice to family farmers' needs and concerns- Debate and sharing of knowledge at FAO-hosted symposium


World Intellectual Property Organization members debate disclosure of origin for genetic resources in patents (Intellectual Property Watch)


February 15, 2016


Fairy tale hints at dark side of pulses (SciDev.Net)


Verdant Partners M&A update: When mergers and acquisitions come in droves


February 14, 2016


More consolidation to follow in the agchems endgame? (Chemical Week)


February 11, 2016


Q+A: Ignore preconceptions, stake claim on science, CIMMYT’s Natalia Palacios tells women, girls


Q+A: How women and girls can succeed in science, according to CIMMYT’s Sarah Hearne


February 8, 2016


The CEO Magazine features Leticia Gonçalves, CEO of Monsanto’s operations in Europe and the Mideast


January 31, 2016


2016 to be celebrated as the International Year of Pulses


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