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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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