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Vast Locust Swarm Casts Shadow Over East African Food Security
Source: Bloomberg (25 Jan 2020)
CIMMYT agricultural economist Hugo De Groote notes need to monitor locusts to ensure swarms don’t threaten crops.
How collaboration can help grow and transform agriculture in Africa
Money alone can’t solve Africa’s agricultural problems. International collaboration is key.
African ambassadors to Zimbabwe support improved agriculture technologies
Several African nation ambassadors to Zimbabwe pledged to step up support for improved agriculture technologies.
Keeping virulent wheat diseases in check amid pressures of climate change
Delivering Genetic Gain in Wheat is a new project that aims to mitigate climate change threats to wheat and develop disease-resistant and heat-tolerant varieties, writes Cornell’s Ronnie Coffman.
Scientists share strategy at conference to halt migratory wheat disease
Wheat scientists visit Washington to receive honor, detail research successes at American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting.
Scientists ship 2 tons of wheat seed samples around the world
CIMMYT seed samples — International Wheat Nurseries — are sent to government and university research institutions and national agricultural research systems around the world.
