Urgent action is needed to help smallholder farmers in places like sub-Saharan Africa adapt to climate change, which is already creating crisis conditions that threaten the livelihoods of millions of people. gatesfoundation.org/ideas/articles… via Gates Foundation

A steady stream of improved #maize varieties in #Africa is essential to offset loses under increasing #climate variability, yet the market is still dominated by varieties developed under a different climate Average age of top 5 🌽varieties⬇️(adapted from bit.ly/3k7ZxvL)

#NowReading 📖 New publication by CIMMYT & partners released by Nature Portfolio show a novel technology poised to reduce complexity in #Africa’s maize seed production with higher yield on farmers’ fields. Full article 👉 bitly.ws/sYw9 #SPTAInitiative #FNPHybri

Looking for an example of the impact of a single gene in the field? Our Communications Biology paper is the first example of a gene conferring a yield increase of 200 kg ha-1 in maize under low-input smallholder farmer conditions in Africa across hybrid backgrounds bitly.ws/sYw9

Making #maize hybrid seed production simpler - SPTA team meeting. Identifying critical pathways towards the release of 50% non-pollen producing (FNP) maize in South Africa and Kenya A game changer for seed producers and farmers 🎉