Why is wheat a strategic crop for Africa? In the 1990′s, economists considered wheat to be a “minor food” for consumers in sub-Saharan Africa. But wheat is a no longer a minor crop. African countries will spend about US$20 billion to …


Why is wheat a strategic crop for Africa? In the 1990′s, economists considered wheat to be a “minor food” for consumers in sub-Saharan Africa. But wheat is a no longer a minor crop. African countries will spend about US$20 billion to …

This 3:25-minute film shares how keeping cows has enabled Margaret Muchina, a dairy farmer from central Kenya, to support and educate her four children, who include Edward Kimani, who sat for his high school exam in 2010 and emerged as one of the count…
DARE TO TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE? Wrapping things up, what has this project achieved for groundnut breeding? What’s the role of wild groundnuts in improving cutivated varieties?

This film was shot and roughly edited by a group of Nepali women from the Terai region as part of a participatory video project conducted by IWMI in 2013. It presents women’s points of view on how male migration overseas has been affecting their …
What is GCP doing in this crucial area for a crop that is already a tough customer for crop science? What do researchers — seasoned and starting — get by joining this cross-continental network spanning Africa, South America and Asia? And w…