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June 27, 2024
‘Gold mine’ of century-old wheat varieties could help breeders restore long lost traits - Historic traits could make modern wheat more resilient to disease and other stressors (Science)
May 8, 2023
Replicating Nigeria’s pod borer resistant cowpea success story in West Africa
April 12, 2023
Scientists say East Africa’s farmers need improved seeds to counter pests and effects of climate change
November 24, 2022
Phytosanitary regulations ensure viable seed industry - Using science-based processes, the South African National Seed Organisation (SANSOR) monitors global phytosanitary regulations to ensure the effective and continuous movement of seed
March 22, 2022
How global collaboration can prevent plant disease pandemics in Africa
September 22, 2021
The promise - and limits - of Bt maize to manage fall armyworm in Africa
March 19, 2021
Poverty and hunger follow Africa’s fall armyworm invasion
January 22, 2021
Africa urged to fast-track adoption of second-generation resistant maize varieties (Africa Science News)
November 18, 2020
Nigerian farmer chooses innovation for healthier crops, better harvests
August 19, 2020
Research underscores importance of global surveillance of plant pathogens
July 14, 2020
Crop disease pandemic coming ‘sooner rather than later’ (SciDev.Net)
July 2, 2020
International Institute for Tropical Agriculture releases 10-year strategy for managing invasive species in Africa
June 11, 2020
Why it's so critical to continuously monitor and manage plant diseases (The Conversation)
April 27, 2020
Human activities are the No.1 contributors for the globalization of plant pests
March 27, 2020
ICARDA’s Mustapha El-Bouhssini explains how crop pests are moving in a warming world - Climate change will see pests moving countries and continents as conditions become more favorable
March 11, 2020
Green crop protection works, but it is difficult to measure
November 20, 2019
Global impact of virus diseases on multiple crops:
September 23, 2019
L'Afrique en quête de semences résistantes (RFI)
June 27, 2019
World not prepared for next plant health emergency, scientists warn
Urgent need for a global surveillance system to detect and halt spread of emergent plant health threats
The world needs a global system to detect and halt the spread of emerging crop diseases
May 28, 2019
Time for multiple sectors to fight aflatoxin in Africa (SciDev.Net)
December 11, 2018
International coalition keeps devastating maize disease maize lethal necrosis at bay, but risks still linger
October 29, 2018
Cutting edge crop protection
May 18, 2018
Worldwide emergence of resistance to antifungal drugs challenges human health and food security (Science Magazine)
May 1, 2018
Delving into the GMO traits that cut back pesticide impacts globally (Genetic Literacy Project)
April 16, 2018
Kenya - Can genetic maize rescue our farmers from fall armyworm? (The Star)
January 14, 2018
Hunting for wheat rust resistance amid relentless fungal mutations (Undark Magazine)
December 15, 2017
Facing the fall armyworm threat
December 13, 2017
Urgent need to step up efforts to fight fast-spreading pests and diseases - Three major animal and plant pests and diseases put global food security at risk
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