The end of dengue fever? Mosquito trial sees huge case reduction scmp.com/lifestyle/heal… via @scmpnews

Smarter farming: using apps to diagnose crop health problems annualreport2019.rtb.cgiar.org/smarter-farmin…

Applications are open for NRI's funded PhD studentship: "Viral diversity and coevolution with Fungal and Oomycete pathogens" Apply👉bit.ly/33wcCnJ #NRI #agriculture #resilience #PhD #funded Please RT

Do you know a PhD who’d like a fully funded #biosciences studentship including home/EU tuition fees & a tax-free stipend worth around £17k? Closes 22/01/21 for details & application👉lido-dtp.ac.uk/apply @FESGreenwich FindAPhD PhDStudies Please RT 🙏

The Supporters of Agricultural Research (SoAR) Foundation found that CGIAR & NARS partners investments has generated a benefit-cost ratio of 10:1 in the past 5 decades. Indicates agric R&D was more profitable than any other public investment IITA supportagresearch.org/news/soar-repo…

We congratulate Dr Hajar El Hamss for passing PhD with minimal corrections. She worked on whitefly endosymbionts and found extremely high bacterial diversity using 16S sequencing in African cassava whitefly. She worked in ACWP project funded by the Gates Foundation #NRI #ACWP

MANY congratulations to Dr Hajar El Hamss for passing her PhD. So proud of her!🥳 Hajar has been working on the ACWP project funded by the Gates Foundation Congratulations Hajar!🥳 #NRI #whitefly #cassava NRIPSociety Greenwich Alumni @FESGreenwich

NRI is leading a consortium of 9 UK universities & #research institutes, awarded a grant from UK Research and Innovation to create a Centre for #Doctoral Training in #foodsystems. #WorldFoodDay ‘Grow, Nourish, Sustain. Together.’ bit.ly/3dwQAr3 Uni of Greenwich

Over 60 PhD studentships on food research available at NRI and partner institutions! Grab your chance to train yourself to be a future leader on food research. #NRI #Food #UniversityofGreenwich

UKRI pilots Early Career Researchers Forum (UK) later this year which will seek to recruit 400 Early Career Researchers. Further information can be found here: bit.ly/2SYqUdJ NRI @FESGreenwich

So pleased to share that NRI will lead a new Global Food Security & UK Research and Innovation funded Centre for Doctoral Training on Food Systems working with UCL, Royal Veterinary College (RVC), IBERS - Aber, Centre for Food Policy, University of Sussex, Brunel University of London, @NIABEMR & Rothamsted Research. Uni of Greenwich .

Pleased to share news that NRI will lead a new Global Food Security & UK Research and Innovation funded Centre for Doctoral Training on Food Systems working with UCL Royal Veterinary College (RVC) IBERS - Aber Centre for Food Policy University of Sussex Brunel University of London @NIABEMR & Rothamsted Research Prof Jane Harrington Uni of Greenwich

Congrats to NRI who have just been awarded a £5 million UK food systems Doctoral Training Programme. The contract from UK Research and Innovation will train >60 PhD students in interdisciplinary food systems research to support transformation of UK food systems ukri.org/news/5-million…

Last week UK Research and Innovation announced investment of over £5m to create a Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) focused on developing the next generation of interdisciplinary food systems thinkers. #NRI #foodsystem

Tanzanian cassava CV. Namikonga was crossed with the South American genotype AR37-80 to develop hybrids resistant to #CMD and #CBSD. We achieved >50% genetic gain in the hybrids and will be hugely beneficial to tackle the two diseases. #cassava #Tanzania

Great work Juma Yabeja. Well done.

In partnership with British Council & the GREAT Britain Campaign, NRI is offering 1 scholarship for students in #Indonesia applying for our MSc Global Environmental Change. Application deadline: 31 May 2021 Details & how to apply 👉 bit.ly/37Jf1Rw Please RT🙏

Wildfires demonstrate cascading effect of #ClimateChange. Want to protect the world against the environmental challenges it faces? Learn how to with NRI's Global Environmental Change MSc bit.ly/2BIPv08 taught by research-active staff. @FESGreenwich

🇹🇿🌿 Tough Cassava 🌿🇹🇿 #Tanzania #cassava team meeting today to face up to some tough challenges affecting cassava - imperfect quality characteristics of released varieties & marketing problems for roots & stems. IITA RootsTubersBananas Breeding Lava Kumar GaryFoster Tanzania Kwanza

What an incredible story! My sister Mangala’s small efforts to grow trees🌳🌴🌲🌳 on our farmland to reduce desertification was showcased at the United Nation’s Convention on call to address desertification. Incredibly proud 😊