Nibbles: WEMA, AGRA, African universities, Taining breeders, Millets @ICRISAT

  • CIMMYT pushes its newly-bred water-efficient maize in Africa.
  • AGRA not mentioned in the above but surely they were involved? If only in the extension part.
  • African universities also not mentioned, but probably less likely to have been involved. Alas.
  • Register for the next class of the European Plant Breeding Academy, which starts in October 2015. Not at an African university. At a US university.
  • ICRISAT pivots towards millets. Will probably involve breeding. And maybe universities.
  • As for genebanks, I’ve given up expecting namechecks in any of the above.

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