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Stacking three late blight resistance genes from wild species directly into African highland potato varieties confers complete field resistance [...]

The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture Biodiversity, which is vital for food and agriculture, is disappearing by [...]

Biosafety Symposium 2019 When: 14 March, 2019 Where: Pretoria, South Africa What: The Symposium offers a unique opportunity to engage with the [...]

Malawi is inching closer to commercializing Bt cotton as research into the genetically modified crop is at an advanced stage. The Department of [...]

Nigeria is on the path to becoming the first country to cultivate biotech cowpea after the country’s biosafety agency granted approval for [...]

UNDP: Climate Change Adaptation in Africa Africa is at a tipping point. While efforts to achieve the goals outlined in the 2030 Agenda for [...]

CRISPR/Cas9 editing of endogenous banana streak virus in the B genome of Musa spp. overcomes a major challenge in banana breeding This study [...]

African Seed Trade Association (AFSTA) Congress 2019 When: 4 – 7 March, 2019 Where: Mombasa, Kenya What: AFSTA 2019 Congress will provide [...]

Science and policy are generally considered two separate worlds but in a society like ours that relies on progress and scientific support so [...]