“Pandemic” has become a household term over the past year, but uncontrolled disease outbreaks do not occur solely in humans ...

Plant breeders are generally looking for heterosis, where the offspring of a cross performs significantly better on some measure than ...

Agricultural innovation arises through the dynamic interactions of the actors who grow, process, distribute and consume farm products. An innovation ...

Innovations in seed systems can have a powerful impact on crop production, particularly in combating pests and diseases that take ...

Understanding farmers’ preferences and priorities when it comes to selecting seed is critical to ensuring that technologies for improved planting ...

Il est extrêmement important de savoir quelles variétés sont adoptées et pourquoi, à la fois pour montrer la valeur des ...

It is critical to know which varieties are being adopted and why, both to show the value of investment in breeding and seed systems, but also to learn what ...

A research project may have all the requisites for solving a specific food security or nutritional challenge. Yet all too ...

What strategies should farmers take in order to improve their resilience to climate change and increasingly frequent and severe pest ...

Farmers are playing specially designed games intended to give them insights into the collective management of crop diseases — protecting ...

A second edition of the indispensable handbook Tropical Root and Tuber Crops: Cassava, Sweet Potato, Yams and Aroids has been ...

In late May the International Potato Centre (CIP) organized a stakeholder engagement and launch meeting in Nairobi, Kenya bringing together ...