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Agropolis–CIRAD seeks Post-doc to work on GCP sorghum project 
GCP partner Agropolis–CIRAD has a post-doctoral vacancy for a Plant Geneticist with a background in marker-assisted breeding and an interest in the international and finalised aspects of research for development. The selected candidate will be involved in a GCP sorghum marker-assisted breeding project and based in Mali. He/she...
April 13, 2010 6:00pm |
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FAO reports on ABDC-10 conference 
The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has released, through the latest edition of its newsletter FAO-BiotechNews and via its website, a full report on the activities and outcomes of its recent conference entitled Agricultural biotechnologies in developing countries: Options and opportunities in crops, forestry, livestock, fisheries and agro-industry...
April 7, 2010 6:00pm |
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Discovery of rare variations of maize gene promises to increase beta-carotene levels 
A press release from GCP partner HarvestPlus, a sister Challenge Programme of the CGIAR, has revealed the noteworthy findings of an international team of scientists, whereby their discovery of rare variations of a maize gene (crtRB1) can lead to an 18-fold increase in beta-carotene content of maize in an...
April 7, 2010 6:00pm |
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IBP team welcomes Manager and Informatics Coordinator 
Following the recent launch of the Integrated Breeding Platform (formerly known as the Molecular Breeding Platform), a major GCP initiative intended as an online one-stop shop providing solutions and innovations in plant breeding for developing countries through analytical tools, services and project design, GCP is pleased to announce...
April 6, 2010 6:00pm |
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GCP collaborator wins 4th prize for drought timing tool 
Geographic Information System (GIS) senior analyst Ernesto Giron of Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), a key contributor to the work carried out by CIAT for GCP Subprogramme (SP) 3 project G4008.34: Environmental assessment for phenotyping network, has been awarded fourth prize in a competition for geodevelopers. The competition,...
April 6, 2010 6:00pm |
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IFAR 2010 Fellowship Program Call 
IFAR is a results-oriented foundation that supports partnerships, collaboration, and awards as a means of fostering scientific excellence in agriculture and related fields. IFAR’s mission is to recognise and promote scientific excellence involving the work of international agricultural research centers supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural...
March 9, 2010 6:00pm |
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Rothamsted International Fellowship Scheme 
Rothamsted International (RI) is a UK non-profit organisation working for sustainable agriculture in developing and emerging countries. The Rothamsted International Fellowship Scheme (RIFS) aims to share scientific excellence in agricultural and environmental research by contributing to the development and dissemination of technologies relevant to sustainable agricultural growth across the...
March 9, 2010 6:00pm |
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Global Food Security PhD scholarships 
The Food Security Center (FSC), hosted by the Universität Hohenheim in Stuttgart, Germany, is offering up to 12 scholarships for PhD students from developing countries and up to two scholarships for PhD students from developed countries. The funding for both groups will be for a period of 36...
March 8, 2010 6:00pm |
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The Yara Prize: Nominations now requested 
The Yara Prize for a Green Revolution in Africa has a focus on food: the improvement of food production and availability and the development of local markets in Africa, as a contribution to reducing hunger and poverty. The prize recognises such efforts and results in any field of...
March 8, 2010 6:00pm |
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Meetings of the minds on things that matter 
As had been expected, February was an intense month at GCP, with three critical meetings running back-to-back. First was a workshop to officially launch the Molecular Breeding Platform (MBP) in Hyderabad India (17–20 February). The launch was immediately followed by an Informatics workshop, at the same venue from 20–22...
March 5, 2010 6:00pm |
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GCP kicks off Wheat CI meetings in India and China 
After months of preparatory discussions and virtual interactions, GCP wheat collaborators were finally brought together in February for twin meetings which took place in India and China, marking, together, the official launch meeting of GCP Challenge Initiative (CI) Improving drought tolerance in wheat for Asia, often referred to by...
March 5, 2010 6:00pm |
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Release version of MAB learning module online and on CD 
Following our announcement in September 2009 on a Beta version of our latest learning module on marker-assisted breeding, a release version is now available online. The module is also available on CD–Rom, and can also be downloaded onto a computer for easy, uninterrupted viewing at any time. To access...
March 5, 2010 6:00pm |
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Final version of Marker-assisted breeding Learning module now available 
Following our announcement in September 2009 regarding the release of a Beta version of the latest Learning module on Marker-Assisted Breeding from GCP’s Subprogramme 5, a final version of the materials is now available online. For those with limited internet access or connectivity, the material is available on...
March 4, 2010 6:00pm |
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Informatics workshop for users of the MBP, 22–24 February 2010 
Following the launch meeting of the Molecular Breeding Platform (MBP) workshop (17–20 February 2010), users and developers of the MBP came together at an Informatics workshop from 22–24 February 2010 in Hyerdabad, India. The workshop, attended by nearly 40 people, was the first opportunity for users and developers to meet...
March 4, 2010 6:00pm |
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GCP launches Molecular Breeding Platform
From 17–20 February 2010, collaborators came together for the official launch meeting of GCP’s Molecular Breeding Platform (MBP), held in Hyderabad, India, and hosted by the International Crops Research Institute in the Semi-arid Tropics (ICRISAT). The MBP is a broad initiative that is not exclusively limited to...
March 4, 2010 6:00pm |
