January 13, 2026

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International collaboration aims to improve key crops for Rwandan farmers

January 5, 2026

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Zimbabwe - Horticultural Development Council raises alarm over the emergence of informal and illegal plant breeders in the market (The Herald)

December 17, 2025

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IITA x Breeding for Tomorrow 5 takeaways

Pepper perseverance, tomato triumphs, and mungbean milestones: How Malian seed firm COPROSEM grew into an R&D hub

December 8, 2025

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UK-CGIAR Centre roundtable in Morocco opens new discussion on precision-bred crops in North Africa and beyond

December 5, 2025

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A bold attempt to adapt barley to the most remote regions of Tunisia

Senegal and CIMMYT, together with CGIAR partners, commission a modern greenhouse to advance crop improvement across West and Central Africa

December 3, 2025

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Sharing lessons for soybean breeding in Africa

December 2, 2025

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Strengthening Africa–China rice research collaboration with the visit from senior breeding experts from the Institute of Crop Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (ICS–CAAS) (Grain Journal)

November 20, 2025

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Gates Foundation invests in Soybean Innovation Lab project to expand soybean markets in Africa

November 6, 2025

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The CIMMYT science powering Africa’s maize revolution - A recent CNN feature on maize and climate change in Africa spotlighted CIMMYT’s remarkable progress in developing drought-tolerant varieties that are transforming smallholder farming

October 27, 2025

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Unlocking Liberia’s soybean market potential for economic growth: Four-pillar EU-backed Seeds4Liberia Project set to strengthen seed system

October 22, 2025

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Breeding for Tomorrow (B4T) strengthens collaboration with African partners at the 4th African Plant Breeders’ Association Conference

October 16, 2025

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Computomics' podcast S7E2: Inside Africa’s leading vegetable breeding company: the Starke Ayres story

October 15, 2025

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Ghana steps up work to develop rice that thrives on normal upland soils (GBC Ghana Online)

October 6, 2025

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A decade of research for development in West Africa

October 3, 2025

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Zimbabwe hosts 4th African Plant Breeders Association conference (The Herald)

September 30, 2025

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Nuclear science delivers disease-resistant cauliflower in Mauritius

September 29, 2025

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Nigeria - National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC) reaffirms Nigeria’s commitment to improved plant breeding techniques, food security 

September 12, 2025

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Building skills in genome editing for African agriculture

August 14, 2025

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How breeding networks are fostering the development of better crop varieties in East Africa

Ugandan breeders take the lead in crop innovation through new grant-based model

July 4, 2025

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Bridging science and impact: Monitoring progress and fostering collaboration across groundnut programs in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia

June 23, 2025

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From India to Saudi Arabia and Sudan: Scaling up zinc-enriched sorghum for global impact

June 11, 2025

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Morocco’s Minister of Agriculture joins ICARDA-INRA field day at Marchouch Research Station

June 6, 2025

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Fingerprinting bioinformatics pipeline cuts seed purity testing from days to clicks

Ghana’s first genetically modified crop: why we created a new cowpea variety, how we tested it and what we found (The Conversation)

June 5, 2025

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2Blades expands African partnerships into maize disease resistance

June 2, 2025

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IITA joins Plant Breeding Innovation Management Program to advance responsible genome editing

May 23, 2025

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IMIC-Africa Field Day 2025: Where science meets collaboration to accelerate maize innovation in Africa