1. 2010-05-25 Conservation agricutlture
(training & education/Training events)

...ciplinary approach to sustainable crop management with vast experience from developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America. Emphasis is given to conservation agriculture and resource conservin...

2. Maize breeding lead scientist
(employment/job opportunities)

... The successful candidate will also be part of the management team of the Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa project (DTMA; http://dtma.cimmyt.org/). The position will be based at CIMMYT's Nairobi...

3. Pearl Millet Improvement ICRISAT
(employment/job opportunities)

...te for the Semi-Arid Tropics - ICRISAT Post-Doctoral Fellow- Pearl Millet Improvement West and Central Africa To be based in the ICRISAT regional hub at Niamey, NIGER. The selected candidate will...

4. Bioversity_Genetic Diversity
(employment/job opportunities)

...ctor, Understanding and Managing Biodiversity Programme, and based at the Regional Office for Sub-Saharan Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, the incumbent will: Provide scientific leadership, coordination and fa...

5. regional consultations on the PBBC survey results
(Central Accordion section/Central Accordion category)

...etic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA). The discussion and analysis process for sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries operates in the period 19/10-14/12 2009 through the web application cal...

6. Keynote addresses, Australia, 10-14 August 2009
(literature & views/meeting presentations and proceedings)

... article     Download the presentation The Prospects for Doubling Rice Production in Africa in 10 Years     Monty Jones     Download the article ...

7. Brezillon Marike
(who we are/GIPB team and contributors)

...cialisation in Agricultural Development. She spent one semester in the University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. She was compiling summaries of national plant breeding programmes for the GIPB website...

8. Plant breeding programs in Burkina Faso
(organizations & networks/national organizations and programs)

Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa. Its economy is largely agricultural; 86% of the population is involved in it and this sector represents 30 to 40% of the GDP. Its climate is tropic

9. Plant breeding programs in Togo
(organizations & networks/national organizations and programs)

Located in the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa, Togo enjoys an intertropical climate that varies from southern regions (with four seasons) to the northern regions (with two seasons). Agriculture and fis

10. 2009-07-27, blueprint on doubling maize production in Nigeria
(news/current news)

...vercome the limitation poised by poor seed supply to farmers. “Nigeria today is the only country in West Africa that has viable private seed companies and they need support and backstopping to consis...

11. 2009-07-28, "barcode" the world's plants
(news/current news)

...rsidad de Costa Rica; Columbus State University; University of Wisconsin; Universidad de los Andes; South African National Biodiversity Institute; Aberystwyth University; University of Cape Town; Hall...

12. 2009-07-22, Europe backs fight against rising hunger
(news/current news)

...U) to help poor countries boost agricultural production.The EU-funded aid package to 13 countries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Central America, severely affected by high food prices, provid...

13. 2009-07-09, Government of Canada to combat wheat rust
(news/current news)

..., is not currently a threat to Canadian wheat crops, but the strain has been spreading slowly east across Africa, into Yemen and Sudan. The fungus is expected to reach Egypt, Turkey, the Middle East a...

14. 2009-07-15, Benin: rice offers new hope
(news/current news)

...are forecasting just that, and going so far as to say that in time - probably as soon as 2011 - this West African country will even export its surplus rice output. A two-pronged strategy based on inte...

15. 2009-07-17, Can these "amber waves of grain" become perennials?
(news/current news)

... research gets underway in a systematic effort that Snapp has developed that is used by plant breeders in Africa and Asia, a research design called “mother and baby trials.” “The research station tri...

16. 2009-07-17, New strain of stem rust on wheat in India
(news/current news)

....com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-wheat-rust14-2009jun14,0,1661589.story> and <http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/-/2558/599222/-/rggp9oz/-/> Information on wheat stem rust: <http://...

17. 2009-07-18, Wheat Improvement Program for Irrigated Areas
(news/current news)

Joint ICARDA - ARC Wheat Improvement Program for Irrigated Areas in Central and West Asia and North Africa 18 July 2009 Cairo, Egypt On 18 July ICARDA Director General Dr. Mahmoud Solh and Dr. Ayma

18. Norman Borlaug
(people/Accomplishments and contributions)

... varieties and similarly improved strains of rice and corn to Asia, the Middle East, South America and Africa. Thanks to the green revolution, world food production more than doubled between 1960 ...

19. Winners of the six grants on climate change
(funding/Fellowships and grants conveyed)

...ter, College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines Los Baños The Philippines Improvement  of African maize germplasm by introgressing temperate genes to enhance nutritional quality and ad...

20. CGIAR
(organizations & networks/global organizations and networks)

... effort to sustain biodiversity for current and future generations.  Links to the CGIAR Centers: Africa Rice Center - WARDA Bioversity International Center for International Forestry Research...

21. Gebisa Ejeta, World Food prize 2009
(people/Accomplishments and contributions)

...rld’s five principal grains and enhanced the food supply of hundreds of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa. ...

22. Call for PhD students at ACCI
(employment/job opportunities)

Calling MSc graduates interested in a PhD Scholarship in Plant Breeding The African Centre for Crop Improvement at the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa offers this presti

23. Call for PhD students at ACCI
(funding/Fellowships and grants available)

Calling MSc graduates interested in a PhD Scholarship in Plant Breeding The African Centre for Crop Improvement at the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa offers this presti

24. 2010-03-15 Southern African Plant Breeding Symposium
(meetings/Events)

8th Southern African Plant Breeding symposium “Breeding the future” Stellenbosch, South Africa 15-17 March 2010 The Southern African Plant Breeding Association (SAPBA) has the pleasure to announ

25. INGER - International Network for Genetic Evaluation of Rice
(organizations & networks/regional organizations and networks)

...ional agricultural research centers (IARCs) such as the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), the Africa Rice Center (WARDA), and the Centro International de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT). Estab...

26. Association of agricultural research institutions in the Near East and North Africa - AARINENA
(organizations & networks/regional organizations and networks)

The Association of Agricultural Research Institutions in the Near East and North Africa - AARINENA AARINENA "was established in 1985 to strengthen cooperation among national, regional and internation

27. Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa - FARA
(organizations & networks/regional organizations and networks)

Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa - FARA FARA is an umbrella organization bringing together and forming coalitions of major stakeholders in agricultural research and development in Africa. FA

28. Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa - AGRA
(organizations & networks/regional organizations and networks)

Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa - AGRA AGRA is a dynamic partnership working across the African continent to help millions of small-scale farmers and their families lift themselves out of

29. Regional e-discussions on the PBBC survey results
(who we are/GIPB networkimg strategy)

...ecurity and sustainable development. Ongoing regional consultations: !NEW ! Sub-Saharan Africa - starting date: 19 October 2009 - Access the consultation here Download the backgro...

30. African Centre for Crop Improvement - ACCI
(organizations & networks/plant breeding web initiatives)

African Centre for Crop Improvement - ACCI The African Centre for Crop Improvement is a joint venture by the University of Natal and the Rockefeller Foundation for the training of African scientists i