Can Organic Fertilizers Rebuild Zimbabwe’s Fragile Soils?
20 June 2025, Zimbabwe: “Our soils are exhausted. Even the best hybrid seed won’t yield much without nutrients. Organic fertilizers give us hope, but
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Pairwise Licenses Gene Editing Tools to CIMMYT to Fast-Track Smallholder Farming Systems’ Transformation
20 June 2025, Mexico: Pairwise has entered a landmark licensing agreement with the non-profit, international agricultural research organization CIMMYT to provide access to its Fulcrum™ gene editing
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Study: Current Snaring Practices Threaten Africa’s Wildlife
18 June 2025, Africa: A new paper in BioScience estimates that tens of millions of kilograms of wild meat are wasted every year due to snaring
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Retraining Trialists: Enhancing Capacity for Quality Data Collection
18 June 2025, Zambia: The Zambia Agriculture Research Institute (ZARI) recently conducted a comprehensive retraining program for trialists, led by Lloyd Mbulwe, Lead Breeder, with
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Breeding Platforms Connected for Smarter Crop Development through BrAPI
17 June 2025, Philippines: Faster and smarter crop breeding depends on better digital tools, and making sure these tools can work together
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Sub-saharan Africa Can Achieve Grain Self-sufficiency By 2050, New Study Finds
14 June 2025, Africa: New research published this week in PNAS shows that it is feasible for Sub-Saharan Africa to become self-sufficient
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Pairwise Licenses Gene Editing Tools to CIMMYT to Fast-Track Smallholder Farming Systems’ Transformation
13 June 2025, Mexico: Pairwise has entered a landmark licensing agreement with the non-profit, international agricultural research organization CIMMYT to provide access
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From CGIAR Research to Action: Strengthening Science-Policy Linkages
13 June 2025, Bangladesh: CGIAR is the world’s largest agricultural innovation network and a global leader in research for development. Over the past
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Further Record Year For New Zealand Horticultural Exports
12 June 2025, NZ: A new report forecasting strong export growth for New Zealand’s horticulture sector reinforces the industry’s growing importance to
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Morocco’s Minister of Agriculture joins ICARDA-INRA field day at Marchouch Research Station
12 June 2025, Morocco: On an unseasonably hot spring day that mirrors Morocco’s growing climate challenges, ICARDA, in collaboration with Institut National de
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