Insightful presentation by Chiedozie Egesi at the #NPBA maiden e-Conference. He spoke succintly on "Modernizing Plant Breeding to Sustain Food and Nutrition Security" and reiterated that "Hunger cannot be addressed when gender is ignored". #Technologies to #FeedAfrica NextGen Cassava #NPBAconference2020

Plant pests and diseases account for 20–40% of yield loss and have wiped out entire crop varieties. Head of plant biotechnology at IITA makes the case for ensuring wider access to genome-edited crop varieties to safeguard #foodsecurity: on.cgiar.org/3epcYBL #genomics

Whats the science of scaling & what have we learned so far? What critical knowledge gaps are yet to be filled? Deepen your knowledge on scaling in an upcoming #webinar by Scaling Community & our #Data-Driven Ag CoP. Register: bit.ly/3erqepm IITA IDRC | CRDI

Just like with #COVID19, testing is important in the detection of plant diseases as well. James Legg talked🎙️about #Nuru as an example of how artificial intelligence can be used to test & recognize symptoms of pest & disease damage in #plants. bit.ly/3fACN36 #IYPH2020

Thank you for joining forces for this successful launch of IITA @CGIAR_EiB Bayer | Crop Science 'Modern Breeding Project' to benefit over 100 million smallholder farmers who grow IITA’s mandate crops in 🇧🇫🇨🇩🇬🇭🇲🇼🇲🇱🇳🇪🇳🇬🇷🇼🇹🇿🇺🇬🇿🇲. #IITABayerModernBreeding #ModernAg #AfricanFoodCrops

Happening in Oyo State🇳🇬 Join us tomorrow 23, July 2020 as the Governor of Oyo State Government Seyi Makinde officially inaugurates the Start Them Early Program (STEP) #Agribusiness Facility in Fasola Grammar School. bit.ly/2VWvtHl #STEPNigeria #STEPcatchThemYoung #OyoState

The new AGG project has a strong focus on more synergistic and supportive partnerships with national programs to help improve the effectiveness of their breeding efforts. CIMMYT Written by ChatGPT ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ cimmyt.org/news/new-proje…

Spent this holiday planting several hectares of cassava as part of the female cassava outgrower scheme. Thank you IITA GoSeed for giving me this opportunity. #womenempowerment #WomenInAg #agribusiness #WomenInSTEM

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