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June 27, 2024
‘Gold mine’ of century-old wheat varieties could help breeders restore long lost traits - Historic traits could make modern wheat more resilient to disease and other stressors (Science)
June 13, 2024
Safeguarding Africa’s diverse food crop seed collections against climate threats (The Africa Report)
December 1, 2023
Agrifood sector faces growing threat from climate change-induced loss and damage
July 14, 2023
Scaling agriculture science and innovation for a climate-resilient future in Africa
April 12, 2023
Scientists say East Africa’s farmers need improved seeds to counter pests and effects of climate change
March 21, 2023
IPCC climate report draws urgency to food systems transformation
September 28, 2022
World Farmers’ Organisation allies with International Seed Federation on climate action
May 5, 2022
Water scarcity predicted to worsen in more than 80% of croplands globally this century - Farming techniques that keep rainwater in agricultural soils could help mitigate shortages in arid regions
January 18, 2022
Capitalizing on time in race to breed inclusive, resilient crops
October 28, 2021
Staple crops in eight African countries could decrease by as much as 80 percent by 2050 in some areas if temperatures continue to rise due to climate change (New Business Ethiopia)
October 14, 2021
A path to sustainable, climate-resilient agriculture in Eastern and Southern Africa: enhancing science to support the agribusiness ecosystem
February 9, 2021
Stopping climate change from silently crippling the core of our food system
November 20, 2020
Agriculture must make big changes to reach climate goals, says report from the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the ClimateWorks Foundation (The Fern)
June 19, 2020
African farmers yearn for biotechnology in the face of climate change
April 28, 2020
Supercharging the next generation of climate-smart crops in Sub-Saharan Africa - EUR 20 million project to boost genebanks’ efforts to conserve and share samples of key staple crops will drive climate resilient and diversified food production
March 30, 2020
Major climate, nature talks threatened by coronavirus
March 27, 2020
ICARDA’s Mustapha El-Bouhssini explains how crop pests are moving in a warming world - Climate change will see pests moving countries and continents as conditions become more favorable
March 10, 2020
The environmental consequences of climate-driven agricultural frontiers (Plos One)
December 11, 2019
Global Food Security Index 2019 highlights the growing threat of climate change - Exposure to environmental factors such as land degradation and volatile climate patterns diminishing food security on a global scale
December 3, 2019
Investments in climate services for agriculture and food security outweigh costs
Wild plants from four continents deliver climate change lifeline for xrops - Nearly 5,000 seed samples of crop wild relatives saved in challenging, six-year effort to secure the future of food
November 28, 2019
As climate change hits crops, debate heats up over use of plant gene data - Governments spar over how to share out benefits fairly from new high-tech methods to develop climate-resilient crops (ReliefWeb)
November 26, 2019
Making seeds to withstand climate change is getting harder - Negotiations to strengthen an international treaty to develop hardier crops fell apart this month (Bloomberg)
November 11, 2019
Global treaty critical for saving disappearing plants amid climate change - FAO calls for greater support for plant genepool and the Fund which support millions of farmers around the world
October 10, 2019
Intense wildfires of 2019 highlight urgent need for transition to climate-smart agriculture
October 2, 2019
Conference highlights need for increased climate funding for rice agri-food systems
September 11, 2019
Plant breeding innovations required to weather climate change, report says
July 16, 2019
Zambia - Seed fairs: an innovative climate-smart practice to obtain stress-tolerant seeds (CTA)
July 12, 2019
Improved seeds: critical input to help farmers adapt to climate change
July 11, 2019
Inequality, agriculture and climate change: From a vicious to a virtuous circle
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