Smart crops, smart climate, smart people! lnkd.in/d-5yNGBP

Time for business unusual with rice lnkd.in/dW-22t92

Good job @ValueSeed! What's the plan for expansion/diversification of that crop portfolio to other crops, Fredrick Bett? #seedsystems #seedislife #seeds #qualityseed #seedsforthefuture lnkd.in/dpRg8r75

Go! go! Esther! lnkd.in/dGe2bzAB

Excellent job by the RTB team #SeedEqual #VPC #RTB lnkd.in/dRuxGW-E

At the #WorldSeedCongress 2023, CGIAR Genetic Innovation's Seed Equal Leadership joined forces with seed sector players with a shared goal to enhance access to quality #seed in #Africa. 🤝 🔗 bit.ly/3XFBiav

🌱"We can change Africa through legumes" 📢JCRubyogo #SeedEqual Lead on legume crops ignited this vision at #Nairobi workshop co-organized by partnerships & capacity-building led by Ajay Panchbhai 👉Discussions on seed production & ICT tools are ongoing. Stay tuned for more!

My research is available on ResearchGate: researchgate.net/publication/25…

Keep going strong #NSAR!!

something to celebrate!

Chris Ojiewo Chris Ojiewo, Scientist CIMMYT, stresses CIMMYT’s role in addressing food security challenges exacerbated by climate change. Let’s keep developing resilient varieties & advanced production systems that can thrive in drought-prone conditions. Read bit.ly/3y8kPTZ

In Kenya Chris Ojiewo Chris Ojiewo, Scientist CIMMYT, urges Kenyans to embrace finger millet & its related products to tackle health challenges, and enhance food nutrition. bit.ly/46zOaDJ #DrylandCrops

Millets are moving away from orphan to opportunity crops. Let's embrace the moment for our own food, nutrition and income security

🌱 Robust seed system #research goes hand in hand with #crop improvement. Without it, issues like low #variety turnover & poor-quality #seeds limit progress. Building efficient #SeedsyStems is crucial for #farmers to access top-quality seeds, driving higher yields and #resilience

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Promoting access to and use of quality finger millet seeds using behaviour-led interventions through youth and women quality centres in Busia, Kenya: workshop technical brief hdl.handle.net/10568/158229

Overview of awareness creation through school program in Songwe region Tanzania hdl.handle.net/10568/158225

Community-led last mile youth and women quality centers revolutionizing seed access and empowering rural smallholder farmers in Tanzania hdl.handle.net/10568/158226

This morning, I hosted officials from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and CGIAR at Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock Development House to discuss collaborative efforts in creating an efficient regulatory framework for Vegetatively Propagating Seeds (VPS) in Kenya. Kenya's current seed

There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. These are things that we know we don't know. There are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know. So, let us prepare for a world full of 'black swans'. Happy 2025.