A major research programme focussing on building UK resilience to the bacterial plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa, has announced a new appointment. Dr Gerard Clover takes up post this week as Impact and Engagement Manager based at the John Innes Cent… Read More
Rothamsted Research is launching a new fund for farmers who want to do innovative on-farm research, with all eligible costs covered and free access to Rothamsted’s world class expertise and facilities. Part funded by AHDB, the aim of FarmInn is to … Read More
The UC Davis Plant Breeding AcademySM (PBA) is a professional certificate program offered since 2006 with classes in the United States, Europe, Asia and Africa. To date, 333 breeders attended the PBA, representing a wide variety of backgrounds. Her… Read More
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the University of Chile will join efforts in the areas of research, training, and technology transfer. The agreement was signed today by FAO´s Director-General, José Graziano da … Read More
John Innes Centre researcher Dr Xiaoqi Feng today receives a prestigious award reserved for Europe’s most promising young researchers. Dr Feng is one of 26 Young Investigators named by the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO). EMBO selec… Read More
Farmers in developing countries often rely heavily on their yearly harvest to feed their families. A bad crop can have severe consequences for their livelihood. Despite the significant advantages crop insurances would offer in alleviating this risk, … Read More
European Seed’s parent company, Issues Ink, is looking to expand and we have an opportunity available for someone residing in Europe. POSITION SUMMARY: Our Account Manager is responsible for client engagement and development by evaluating our c… Read More
The British Crop Production Council, BCPC, will be joining NIAB in a move that will strengthen their delivery of independent information, products and opinion. Both organisations have the latest agricultural science at their core, to boost efficient,… Read More
Scientists at KeyGene in Wageningen, the Netherlands, together with their partners, work on sequencing, assembling, understanding and using genomes of a variety of economically important crops, including vegetables, field crops and ornamentals. With … Read More
Philippe Saux, Director General at Euralis Seeds talks with Marcel Bruins at the 2018 ESA Annual meeting in Madrid, Spain from October 7-9, 2018.… Read More
The European Commission will provide funding of €172,5 million from the EU agricultural budget to promote EU agri-food products in Europe and across the world. 79 campaigns, covering a wide range of products such as dairy products, olives and olive… Read More
Women in agriculture around the world, whether in developing or developed countries, say widespread gender discrimination persists and poses obstacles to their ability to help feed the world, according to a new study from Corteva AgriscienceTM, Agric… Read More
Even after the ruling by the European Court of Justice on new plant breeding methods, KWS will continue to invest in them. “The new means of targeted mutagenesis, which are often subsumed under the term CRISPR, mean breeders can offer farmers bette… Read More
The European seed sector acknowledges the ruling of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in case C-528/16 of 25. July 2018 by which the Court interpreted the provisions of the EU’s Directive 2001/18 in such a way that plants resulting from innovativ… Read More
