Reflecting the growing importance of the rice sector in Ghana, the First National Rice Festival was organized in Accra, 7-9 November 2012, by the Ghana Rice Inter-Professional Body (GRIB) under the theme “Growing a vibrant rice industry through p…
Archive for November, 2012
Innovative rice science: a must for global food security
Climate-change-ready rice varieties and other technologies will help reduce poverty says Dr. Robert Zeigler, in his Coromandel lecture in India.
Global Timber Tracking Network website launched
The Global Timber Tracking Network (GTTN) brings together the science, scientists, policy makers and stakeholders to promote the integrated use of DNA and stable isotope technologies to ensure legal timber trade and curb illegal and unsustainable loggi…
Masa-tortilla industry in Mexico: what needs to be done?
Ing. Manuel Rubio Portilla (GRUMA), Dr. Juan De Dios Figueroa (Cinvestav), winners of the “Dios Yum Kaak-Ricardo Bressani” 2012 award. About 350 representatives from the masa-tortilla, nixtamalized flour-industry, seed industry and the academic com…
‘Seeds of hope’ for flooded regions of Nigeria
Areas hit by massive floods in Bayelsa region of Nigeria will benefit from seeds conserved in the genebank of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), as the Institute plans to assist farmers rebuild their livelihoods with new improv…