Fostering the next generation: Youth, innovation and agricultural resilience
31 October 2023, Africa: The African Conference on Agricultural Technologies (ACAT) event started in Nairobi, Kenya, on October 30, opening with a
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Farmers, seed producers welcome science-based reform to EU gene editing rules
31 October 2023, Africa: At a Euractiv media event to mark the launch of the Breakthrough Institute/Alliance for Science’s new report on
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Farm to fork: An overview of millet supply chains in India
Opinion Piece by ICRISAT’s Dr Shalander Kumar, Deputy Research Program Director, Enabling Systems Transformation; Dr Abhishek Das, Scientist; and Dr
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Agri-Analytics and Food Security: Navigating Challenges in a Growing World
Guest Author: Mr. Sat Kumar Tomar, Founder and CEO, Satyukt Analytics 30 October 2023, New Delhi: India stands as a prominent player
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Moa Technology wins World Economic Forum award for research tackling herbicide-resistant weeds
30 October 2023, UK: Moa Technology, the agricultural biotechnology (agribio) company tackling herbicide-resistant weeds that threaten the world’s food security, announces that
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CGIAR’s key role in advancing the Glasgow Breakthrough Agenda for climate-resilient agriculture
30 October 2023, UK: CGIAR plays a crucial role in advancing the Glasgow Breakthrough Agenda — an unprecedented global effort to align on concrete
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Sorghum seed sales profit and empower rural women in Tanzania
30 October 2023, Tanzania: After years of struggles, a group of women farmers in a remote rural area of Tanzania are finally
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Extension capacity-building leverages Nepal soil, seed and science for rice farming
30 October 2023, Nepal: Staff of the Nepal Seed and Fertilizer (NSAF) project conducted a three-day “training of trainers” workshop on integrated
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Cultivating the future: Reimagined nature-based farming solutions
27 October 2023, Manila: In a world grappling with the dual challenges of food security and environmental sustainability, J.K. Ladha, a renowned agronomist
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From Asia to Africa: Building Africa’s Green Revolution on sustainable agricultural technology and practices developed in Asia
27 October 2023, Africa: The success of the Green Revolution technologies that transformed several rice-growing Asian countries from importers to exporters can be
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