The Ghanaian deposit comes from the Plant Genetic Resources Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-PGRRI). It includes key crops for the country's food security, health, and culinary culture, including maize, rice, eggplant, and cowpea varieties. This is an important step towards ensuring the long-term protection of the country's major food crops.

Researchers from Brookhaven National Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy have engineered enzymes that could generate biomass that can be efficiently converted into biofuels and other useful bioproducts. The paper is published in the Plant Biotechnology Journal. The senior plant biologist at Brookhaven Laboratory, Chang-Jun Liu said, “The concept of biomass to biofuel seems simple, but it is technically very difficult to release the sugars.

ISAAA Inc., in partnership with the Department of Agriculture Biotechnology Program Office (DA-BPO), Biotechnology Coalition of the Philippines, Inc. (BCP), Bureau of Animal Industry, and Corteva Agriscience, will hold a webinar series on Biotech Innovations for A Sustainable Agriculture from November 8 to 10, 2023, at 8:45 AM (GMT+8). The registration is now open to all interested participants.

Dietary diversity is a big problem in some northern parts of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Many rural families regularly consume as few as four of the ten major food groups, with rice often forming much of the meal. Despite eating local, leafy vegetables themselves, mothers rarely feed these to their young children, leading to high levels of stunting as well as micronutrient deficiencies.

Scientists from Iran, Kenya, and India recently benefited from a 21-day "International Training Course on Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable Intensification of Drylands" organized by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The course, which was held at the ICRISAT Headquarters in India, trained ten delegates in modern tools and techniques implemented in conservation agriculture to promote sustainable, resilient, and profitable dryland farming.

NEXUS Gains is pleased to announce the launch of the “Global WEF Nexus Community”. This new Community of Practice (CoP) aims to be:

• - A place for conversations, questions, and support
• - A place to share and access resources, such as papers and reports
• - A place to exchange ideas and points of view

For generations, Indigenous Peoples (CEMIRIDE, 2010) have been custodians of the natural environment. Yet, these same custodians are the ones who often disproportionately suffer the impacts of climate change. This is why it is imperative that building resilience to climate change must ensure that indigenous peoples’ voices are not just heard but also represented at climate change negotiations.

The CGIAR–TAFSSA (Transforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia) initiative is transforming agriculture in the region. TAFSSA is leading a coordinated effort that brings together various stakeholders, with a focus on equitable access to healthy diets, farmer livelihood improvement, and environmental conservation. This blog highlights TAFSSA’s recent Farmer Field Day in Karnal District, Haryana, India, in February 2023.

For most of human history, people around the world lived in small communities. However, over the past few centuries – and particularly in recent decades – there has been a mass migration of populations from rural to urban areas. In fact, in 2007, the number of people in urban areas around the globe overtook the number in rural settings. While the world’s changing climate is taking a toll on basic city services, infrastructure, livelihoods and health, cities are also a large contributor to climate change.

“Harnessing change is a call to move from action to evolution, and youth have a paramount role as the most important agents of change,” QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), said Tuesday in his address at the  Borlaug International Dialogue of the World Food Prize 2023 opening ceremony in Iowa.