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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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