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Are crops really losing their nutrients, or do we simply need to eat more of them?
06/10/2026 -
Many crops have lost significant amounts of key nutrients since the 1960s, according to a new report warning that climate change, soil degradation and the rise of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs could worsen...
International Training Strengthens Global Response to Maize and Wheat Diseases to Protect Food Security
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Figure 1. Participants and instructors from the Workshop on Surveillance, Identification, and Management of Maize and Wheat Diseases. The training brought together 22 specialists from 11 countries to...
Equipping today’s breeders to lead tomorrow’s crop research and development
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Participants from national agricultural research systems, state agricultural universities and CIMMYT–BISA with CIMMYT–BISA resource persons at the workshop (Photo: CIMMYT)Can AI replace...
Plant Innovation Updates: Global Regulations for GMOs and Gene-Edited Products
23/09/2026 -
In the second half of 2026, the regulatory and technological landscape surrounding gene-edited plants continues to evolve at an unprecedented pace. Across global markets, governments are working to...
Rewiggle Podcast: starring Sir Tom Hughes-Hallett
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The chair of our Governing Council, Sir Tom Hughes-Hallett, is featured on the newly launched rewiggle podcast, to discuss the impact...
‘Bring us the trait you haven’t solved’: Biographica and Hudson River issue open call to breeders
21/09/2026 -
Biographica and Hudson River Biotechnology are teaming up to take difficult crop traits from genetic target discovery through genome editing to commercial-ready plants, starting with tomato. Now they...
Digital ag platform xFarm Technologies expands to sugarcane, biofuels with Sibium Analytics acquisition
15/09/2026 -
Culta claims to be “building the world’s fastest AI-based non-GMO and non-gene-edited crop breeding platform.” The post
Future harvests depend on the choices we make now
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Harvest has been challenging again this year. Heatwaves, flooding and drought are now regular headlines in the UK and around the world. 2026 is no anomaly: four of the five worst harvests have...
Gene-edited soybeans thrive in UK trial as Corteva eyes home-grown protein future
08/09/2026 -
Precision-bred soybeans have outperformed expectations in a landmark UK field trial, with Corteva demonstrating that gene editing can dramatically accelerate crop maturity in Britain’s climate. The...
Green and efficient maize varieties could raise global yields while reducing nitrogen losses
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Maize is central to global food, feed and industrial systems. It is also exposed to mounting pressure from climate change, resource constraints and environmental pollution linked to intensive...
Future-proofing wheat: science from Mexico for global food security
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At CIMMYT’s Sanjaya Rajaram Experimental Station in Toluca, advances in genomics, accelerated breeding, disease resistance, physiology and agronomy are helping scientists anticipate emerging...
Global Fruit and Vegetable Output Is Rising, but Diets Aren’t Following
27/08/2026 -
Image: Rossella Fasoli on PexelsFruit and vegetable production has outpaced cereals since 2010, yet the world is not eating better as a result. That disconnect framed
Investing in Africa’s Food Future: How CIMMYT and Partners are cultivating the next generation of plant breeders
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VACS Professional Fellows conducting laboratory research at the BeCA–ILRI Hub in Nairobi, Kenya, as part of the VACS Capacity Project, strengthening skills in modern crop breeding and...
‘A landmark achievement’: China launches seed IP regime to spur innovation, protect breeders’ rights
04/08/2026 -
China has rolled out a long-awaited agricultural plant EDV system designed to curb imitation breeding and better reward original breeders, with the first phase covering 10 major crops including rice,...
Summer School 2026: Handling the complexity of organic plant breeding
31/07/2026 -
In mid-July 2026, the LiveSeeding project and ECO-PB held their Summer School at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Spain, bringing together breeders, seed savers, researchers,...
Agroscope’s new work programme places a greater focus on impact and practical benefits
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Agroscope’s 2026-2029 Work Programme addresses the most important challenges facing the Swiss agriculture and food sector, and agricultural practitioners in particular. The focus is on six...
