June 10, 2021
African breeding programs leap forward by accessing new genotyping data
November 24, 2017
No crop left behind - Improving the plants that Africans eat and breeders neglect - Nutrition and genetics in Africa (The Economist)
May 28, 2017
Meet man who will not rest until he sees farmers growing 101 neglected crops (Daily Nation)
November 15, 2016
Can Mars' bid to publish genetic maps of historic African crops boost nutrition? Confectionery company says initiative will help breed more drought-tolerant seeds, but critics fear that small-scale farmers will lose out (The Guardian)
November 10, 2015
Building better rice (World Grain)
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