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FAO Agricultural Biotechnologies in Developing Countries conference 
From 1–4 March 2010 the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations will host an international technical conference on Agricultural biotechnologies in developing countries: Options and opportunities in crops, forestry, livestock, fisheries and agro-industry to face the challenges of food insecurity and climate change (ABDC-10). The...
January 4, 2010 6:00pm |
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Vth International Congress on Legume Genetics and Genomics (ICLGG) 
From 2–8 July 2010 legume researchers will join forces at the Vth International Congress on Legume Genetics and Genomics (ICLGG) in Pacific Grove, California, USA. A special feature of the ICLGG is its mission to bring together people working on fundamental aspects of legume biology in model species,...
January 4, 2010 3:53pm |
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GCP hosts workshop at PAG XVIII 
GCP will host a workshop on 11th January 2010 as part of the Plant & Animal Genome Conferences (PAG) XVIII, to be held from 9th to 13th January in San Diego, California, USA. The workshop will be led by GCP's Subprogramme 1 Leader Jean Christophe Glaszmann and Subprogramme...
January 3, 2010 6:00pm |
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52nd Maize Genetics Conference 
From 18-21 March 2010 plant genetic researchers from around the globe will gather for the 52nd Maize Genetics Conference, to be held in Riva del Garda, Italy. Topics will include Biochemical genetics, bioinformatics & computational biology, functional genomics and quantitative genetics & breeding, amongst others. The event, which...
January 3, 2010 6:00pm |
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2nd International Symposium on Genomics of Plant Genetic Resources 
From 24-27 April 2010 the 2nd International Symposium on Genomics of Plant Genetic Resources (GPGR2) will take place in Bologna, Italy. Building on the success of the first symposium which took place in Beijing, China, in 2005, the main theme of this second edition will be ‘Harnessing plant...
January 3, 2010 6:00pm |
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Plant Breeding for Drought Tolerance programme 
To respond to the need for more plant scientists trained in developing drought-tolerant cultivars, Colorado State University, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Oklahoma State University will offer a short course in Plant Breeding for Drought Tolerance from 14–25 June 2010. The course will be held at Colorado State University...
December 23, 2009 6:00pm |
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GCP socio-economic studies now online 
Results from a series of GCP-commissioned socio-economic studies are now available online . The studies were designed to complement ongoing GCP crop improvement research through the evaluation of social and economic characteristics of developing world farmers Materials available in the newly-created Socio-economics website include data, final conclusions, supplementary...
December 8, 2009 6:00pm |
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Research Fellowships opportunity: linking agricultural research to innovation 
The 'LINK' programme of UNU–Merit (a joint research and training centre of United Nations University and Maastricht University, The Netherlands) is seeking six research fellows to work on a major study of agricultural innovation processes and policies in Asia and Africa. The programme is open to regional candidates...
November 12, 2009 6:00pm |
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2009 ARM materials now online 
From 20–23 September 2009, GCP researchers and partners gathered in the Malian capital of Bamako for GCP’s 2009 Annual Research Meeting. The event, whose 150-plus participants included both new and familiar faces from the GCP research community, followed a tightly-packed schedule: there were plenary and break-out sessions for...
October 22, 2009 6:00pm |
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TLI collaborators develop genetic map for cowpea 
Researchers of GCP’s Tropical Legumes Improvement project have developed a high-density consensus genetic map of cowpea, accelerating conventional breeding and facilitating the production of new varieties of not only cowpea but also other legumes such as soybean and common bean. Results of this study can be found in...
October 21, 2009 6:00pm |
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GCP governance reform: Amended Consortium Agreement 
In the stepwise approach adopted for reforming GCP governance, an amended version of the GCP Consortium Agreement has now been signed by the mandatory three-quarters of the parties to the Agreement. The coming into force of the Amended Consortium Agreement (ACA) dissolves the Programme Steering Committee (PSC) and...
October 21, 2009 6:00pm |
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WACCI–GCP scholarship winners 
Following on from searches carried out by both GCP and the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), GCP is delighted to announce the winners of the PhD scholarship tenable at WACCI, University of Ghana. Each of the selected winners will be linked to one of GCP’s Challenge...
October 21, 2009 6:00pm |
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GCP's GSS launches 3rd call for proposals 
Deadline for application For the GCP’s GSS call, proposal submission is between 1st November 2009 and 15th December 2009. The CGIAR Generation Challenge Programme (GCP), in coordination and collaboration with the Global Crop Diversity Trust (the Trust), is pleased to announce its 3rd call for proposals for the...
October 21, 2009 6:00pm |
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Applications of bioinformatics in plant breeding course, April 2010 
From 12–16 April 2010, the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza (IAMZ) of the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) will hold an advanced course on Applications of bioinformatics in plant breeding in Zaragoza, Spain. The aim of the course is to introduce the bioinformatics tools needed to...
October 14, 2009 6:00pm |
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2008 ARM survey results now available 
Results from the 2008 Annual Research Meeting (ARM) survey, which was administered online (via Survey Monkey) over a roughly 2.5 week period between September and October 2008, are now available online. In a marked difference to the 2007 ARM survey, which was divided into sections covering both ARM...
October 12, 2009 6:00pm |
