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March 20, 2020
Nigeria - National Agricultural Seeds Council deploys smart cards to tackle seed counterfeiting (The Guardian)
March 16, 2020
How wasps are used to control the destructive cowpea pest Maruca vitrata
March 12, 2020
New aflatoxin biocontrol product lowers contamination of groundnut and maize in Senegal
March 5, 2020
Cool beans: A vertical crop fit for Africa's changing climate and nutritional gaps
January 29, 2020
International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) Bulking and Sampling Committee has created a Sampling Calculator, which may be installed as an application on a Desktop, Android or iOS device
December 4, 2019
Decade-long trials prove efficacy of Nigeria’s aflatoxin biocontrol product
November 25, 2019
Sorghum, an effective response to climate change Sorgo, una risposta efficace ai cambiamenti climatici
November 5, 2019
Scientists develop an early warning system that delivers wheat rust predictions directly to farmers’ phones - New research describes a revolutionary early warning system that can predict and mitigate wheat rust diseases in Ethiopia
September 30, 2019
Using the digital seed catalog and seed roadmap for better access to seed information
August 13, 2019
Using the MARPLE kit to diagnose wheat rust in Ethiopia - The mobile kit will allow Ethiopia to quickly identify wheat rust strains in 48 hours, instead of sending samples to labs abroad
August 5, 2019
Tanzania Official Seed Certification Institute to control seed counterfeiting using a mobile app (RegionWeek)
July 25, 2019
Tree Lab: Portable genomics for early detection of plant viruses and pests in Sub-Saharan Africa
July 9, 2019
A field-deployable diagnostic tool to fast track quality assured seed potato in Kenya (International Potato Center)
May 21, 2019
How can tomato farming be improved in Kenya? Study finds producers face a ‘myriad of constraints’
April 22, 2019
New study identifies best agronomic practices to reduce fall armyworm damage
March 13, 2019
A decade of research progress in chickpea and lentil breeding and genetics
March 7, 2019
Drought-tolerant hybrid seed offers farmers reprieve from hunger
January 20, 2019
Kenya - How I beat tomato bacterial wilt (Daily Nation)
January 18, 2019
Seeds go digital: faster and better-quality certification, a game-changer for African farmers?
January 13, 2019
Semences améliorées pour accroître le rendement agricole : des exemples de réussite à suivre (Agence Ecofin)
December 6, 2018
Harnessing the genetic diversity of a dynamic crop: cowpea (Open Access Government)
November 23, 2018
Finding fakes: Mobile phones help detect counterfeit seeds in Kenya
September 11, 2018
Suitcase-sized lab speeds up wheat rust diagnosis
September 7, 2018
MARPLE (Mobile And Real-time PLant disEase) diagnostics: a pioneering step in Ethiopian wheat rust management
July 12, 2018
Where innovation shines! Syngenta Seedcare at the Worldseed Congress in Brisbane
June 25, 2018
Nuru becomes African farmers’ newest ally against Fall Armyworm - FAO and Pennsylvania State University launch innovative app to fight fast-spreading pest
April 27, 2018
Mozambique - Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA) maize shows promising resistance to destructive fall armyworm (My Joy Online)
March 14, 2018
FAO launches mobile application to support fight against fall armyworm in Africa - The application is vital for early detection of fall armyworm and guiding best response
February 5, 2018
Kenya - New technique boosting rice production in Mwea (Daily Nation)
February 2, 2018
Researchers learn from plant viruses to protect crops - Plants are locked in an ancient arms race with hostile viruses, but genome editing is giving crops the upper hand (The Scientist)
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