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October 17, 2024
FAO helps foster new food frontiers with African orphan crops - “Solutions in Africa for Africa”: Director-General highlights the importance of cutting-edge science to transform agrifood systems
August 27, 2024
La 3ème conférence panafricaine sur la gouvernance semencière appelle à une action renforcée pour la souveraineté alimentaire en Afrique (Actu Niger)
August 26, 2024
How training farmers to produce improved seeds helps mitigate food insecurity in the conflict-ridden Sudan
July 16, 2024
Top-quality seeds ensure farming success (Food for Mzanzi)
June 13, 2024
Safeguarding Africa’s diverse food crop seed collections against climate threats (The Africa Report)
May 15, 2024
Sécurité et souveraineté alimentaires en Tunisie - Les semences locales pour une véritable indépendance (La Presse)
March 11, 2024
Seed technologies key in addressing various constraints of agriculture in Africa
June 6, 2023
Burkina Faso - 14ème édition de la foire aux semences : Relever le défi entre production fourragère et sécurité alimentaire humaine
June 5, 2023
African plant breeders must leverage technology to address food insecurity (BusinessGhana)
June 2, 2023
University of Ghana’s West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) has been incredible in efforts at improving Africa’s food security (MyJoy Online)
Founding Director of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) calls on African plant breeders to embrace new breeding technologies to ensure a sustainable food secure future (News Ghana)
May 17, 2023
Startups, nonprofits race to unlock Africa’s agricultural potential as millions face food crisis and droughts (The Nairobi Law Monthly)
April 20, 2023
Climate change: Sub-Saharan Africa countries suffer as agricultural productivity and standards of living fall
August 22, 2022
Africa: Could finger millet and other indigenous crops help end food crises? (Africa News)
August 16, 2022
L'Algérie peut-elle produire ses propres semences maraîchères ? (TSA Algérie)
July 26, 2022
Millet and groundnut can avert the looming food and edible oil crisis in Africa
December 17, 2021
GMO cowpea could make protein-rich staple food more affordable, say Nigerian scientists
November 29, 2021
Nigeria - Food security hinged on reliable seeds’ system, sys Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (Science Nigeria)
November 4, 2021
Semences des céréales et sécurité alimentaire en Tunisie (Kapitalis)
October 29, 2021
Securing the future of African food culture - One phenotype at a time
October 28, 2021
Staple crops in eight African countries could decrease by as much as 80 percent by 2050 in some areas if temperatures continue to rise due to climate change (New Business Ethiopia)
September 29, 2021
A landmark achievement: The story of improved cowpea
September 1, 2021
Game-changing GM crop finally planted in Nigeria - After decades of research, Nigeria’s farmers are growing a GM version of their staple legume that will help millions combat hunger and poverty (Cosmos)
August 27, 2021
Can Uganda attain zero-hunger? New study projects food demand in 2030 and considers the implications for meeting the Sustainable Development Goals
July 26, 2021
FAO Director-General: World faces historic task to turn the tide on ending hunger, poverty and achieving the other SDGs - QU Dongyu urges global leaders at Rome gathering to change policies, mind-sets and business models to transform agri-food systems
June 22, 2021
Africa can be self-sufficient in rice production
June 4, 2021
Semences sélectionnées : Une meilleure adaptation aux changements climatiques (La Presse de Tunisie)
May 13, 2021
Investing in innovations key to transforming African food systems - Appropriate policies and matching regulations are critical in facilitating farmer access to technologies
May 7, 2021
Kenya looks to gene editing to grow its key food crops
March 24, 2021
Seed at the strating point - Our sector takes part in the journey to the Food Systems Summit 2021 La semence : premier maillon de l’agriculture - Notre secteur participe au cheminement versle Sommet sur les systèmes alimentaires 2021 Las semillas como punto de arranque - Nuestro sector forma parte del viaje a la Cumbre Sobre Sistemas Alimentarios de 2021
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