Agricultural growth remains the engine of growth and poverty reduction in low-income countries,A structural solution is needed to solve the food crisis
Archive for September, 2011
Genomics Assisted Crop Improvement- A New Paradigm
Genomics tools for discovery and tagging of genes can enhance the efficiency of breeding.CMD gene tagging,Marker Screening/genotyping,Resistance Gene Analogs (RGA),Tools for Hybrid Verification,TILLING in the Lab: A Novel High throughput Reverse Geneti…
The Present and Future Impact of the Cassava Genome Sequence
Food Crop Productivity Potentials,Global Cassava Partnership,The Cassava Genomics,Genetic Transformation in Cassava,Cassava and Geminiviruses,Microarray in Cassava Roots
Winning the race against virus threats to food crops in sub-Saharan Africa
The challenges. What we do and how we do it: • Clonal crops • Seed crops • Germplasm health and quarantine • Diagnostics • Capacity building
28th Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of AfricaRice
Dr Peter Matlon, Chair of AfricaRice Board of Trustees, delivering the welcome address at the 28th Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), held at Kairaba Hotel, Kololi, The Gambia, 22 September 2011. (Video cre…