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2014
- How to build research partnerships that benefit farmers
  July 9, 2014
  EXTRACT: “A key challenge in true partnership is to strike the right balance between management that serves the programme as a whole and creating ownership so all partners can nurture a network...
  
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2013
- Plant breeding: Discovery in a dry spell
  September 25, 2013
  EXTRACT: "Improved crops have helped farmers maintain yields in times of drought. But as climate change looms, will the gains keep coming? Building local capacity for research and development (R&D) can...
  
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- Sorghum farming key to food security – experts
  May 15, 2013
  EXTRACT: "Patricia Ondere has been growing maize, beans and groundnuts on her two-acre farm in Sega, Siaya County, Kenya. She's lately added sorghum. Samuel Gudu, genetics and plant breeding...
  
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- New chickpeas set to increase food security
  May 9, 2013
  EXTRACT: "Chickpeas are the world’s second most widely grown legumes, providing protein and acting as a staple food in the developing world. Known as the ‘orphan crop’ due to their narrow genetic base,...
  
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- In triplicate, genes make maize tolerant to toxic soil
  March 22, 2013
  EXTRACT: "When plant scientists searched the maize genome for clues as to why some plants can tolerate toxic aluminium in soil, they found three copies of the same gene known to affect aluminium...
  
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2012
- Rooting and shooting for rice: getting to the root of the matter to increase production
  August 27, 2012
  The article The protein kinase PSTOL1 from traditional rice confers tolerance of phosphorus deficiency, published in Nature on 22 August 2012, highlights a scientific breakthrough – the isolation of a...
  
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- Rio+20: CGIAR calls for equal sharing of natural resources
  June 17, 2012
  AlertNet News Blog, 17 June – Rio+20: CGIAR calls for equal sharing of natural resources ...
  
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2011
- A powerful new partnership in plant science
  January 2, 2011
  A powerful new partnership in plant science. Carried in January by: CAADP Seedquest...
  
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2010
- CGIAR develops toolkit for breeders
  April 26, 2010
  Seed Week (2010). CGIAR develops toolkit for breeders. Volume 12, Issue 17, 27 April 2010. View article
  
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- GCP Develops Molecular Marker Toolkit for Breeders
  April 22, 2010
  Crop Biotech Update (2010). GCP Develops Molecular Marker Toolkit for Breeders. 23 April 2010. View...
  
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- Breeder's Delight
  March 31, 2010
  CGIAR News (2010). Breeder's Delight. In: Special issue of CGIAR News focusing on the theme of Thematic Agriculture and Food Security.
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- New global initiative launched to harness biotechnology
  March 4, 2010
  Africa Bio (2010). New global initiative launched to harness biotechnology. 5 March 2010. View article...
  
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- GCP Wheat Challenge Initiative launch workshop in China
  March 3, 2010
  Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) (2010). GCP Wheat Challenge Initiative launch workshop in China (in Chinese). Article featured in CAAS website, 4th March 2010. View article...
  
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- Biotechnology: Potential boon for smallholder farmers, if prioritized
  February 28, 2010
  Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (2010). Biotechnology: Potential boon for smallholder farmers, if prioritized. CIMMYT Informa No. 1693, March 2010, Texcoco, Mexico (relates to...
  
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- Taking Stock of Biotech
  February 28, 2010
  CGIAR News (2010). Story of the month: March 2010 – Taking Stock of Biotech. View article
  
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- New initiative will harness biotech to improve developing countries’ plant breeding efficiency
  February 25, 2010
  Crop Biotech Update (2010). New initiative will harness biotech to improve developing countries’ plant breeding efficiency. 26 February 2010.
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- MBP launched to improve breeding efficiency in developing countries by harnessing biotechnology
  February 25, 2010
  Food and Beverage News, India (2010). MBP launched to improve breeding efficiency in developing countries by harnessing biotechnology. 26 February 2010. View...
  
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- The seeds of progress
  February 21, 2010
  Denny-Dimitriou J (2010). The seeds of progress. Witness newspaper, 22 February 2010, South Africa. (Relates to SP3 project G4008.17: Application of Marker-Assisted Selection for Striga resistance...
  
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- Molecular Breeding for a Hunger-Free World
  February 16, 2010
  International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT). Molecular Breeding for a Hunger-Free World. ICRISAT Happenings No. 1402, 19 February 2010 (relates to GCP’s Molecular...
  
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- Molecular markers made easy: the Generation Challenge Programme’s Molecular Marker Toolkit
  January 17, 2010
  SeedQuest (2010). Molecular markers made easy: the Generation Challenge Programme’s Molecular Marker Toolkit. 18 January 2010. View...
  
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- Molecular markers made easy: the Generation Challenge Programme’s Molecular Marker Toolkit (GIPB )
  January 3, 2010
  Global Partnership Initiative for Plant Breeding Capacity Building (2010). Molecular markers made easy: the Generation Challenge Programme’s Molecular Marker Toolkit. A web article on GCP's...
  
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2009
- Resource Center for global plant scientists
  November 30, 2009
  Fulton T (2009). Resource Center for global plant scientists. A section on social media website 'Facebook' dedicated to GCP's Interactive Resource Center & Helpdesk. Visit site...
  
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- Crop improvement technology provides benefits to developing countries
  November 30, 2009
  Greiner L (2009). Crop improvement technology provides benefits to developing countries. Article published in Innovations from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech and...
  
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- Le séquencage du génome du bananier démarre
  November 26, 2009
  Biofutur (2009). Le séquencage du génome du bananier démarre. Biofutur, 27 November 2009, France. PDF
  
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- Cassava breeders benefit from SNP workshop
  September 30, 2009
  Southern Education & Research Alliance (SERA) (2009). Cassava breeders benefit from SNP workshop. Article published in SERA e-news, October/November 2009, Vol 6, No 5. Read...
  
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- GCP launches its Molecular Breeding Platform
  September 10, 2009
  Food Security and AgBiotech News (2009). GCP launches its Molecular Breeding Platform. Press release posted by Meridian Institute, 11 September 2009.
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- GCP launches a public platform for plant molecular breeding in the developing world
  September 7, 2009
  Corporate Social Responsibility Africa (2009). GCP launches a public platform for plant molecular breeding in the developing world. 8 September 2009.
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- Initiative launched to bring molecular plant breeding tools to the developing world
  September 7, 2009
  Philanthropy News Digest (2009). Initiative launched to bring molecular plant breeding tools to the developing world. 8 September 2009.
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- Global Partnership Initiative for Plant Breeding Capacity Building (2009). GCP training material
  September 6, 2009
  Global Partnership Initiative for Plant Breeding Capacity Building (2009). GCP training material. View...
  
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- New project aims to enhance plant breeding efficiency in the developing world
  September 3, 2009
  Crop Biotech Update. New project aims to enhance plant breeding efficiency in the developing world. 4 September 2009.
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- CGIAR's Generation Challenge Programme launches a public platform for plant molecular breeding in the developing world
  August 31, 2009
  Seedquest (2009). CGIAR's Generation Challenge Programme launches a public platform for plant molecular breeding in the developing world. 1 September 2009. View article...
  
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- GCP launches a public platform for plant molecular breeding
  August 31, 2009
  SciDev.net (2009). GCP launches a public platform for plant molecular breeding. View...
  
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- Getting to the bottom of rice
  July 12, 2009
  Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology (2009). Getting to the bottom of rice. View article. Related GCP project is Commissioned project G4005.35 ‘Sequencing multiple and diverse rice...
  
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- PhilRice eyes flood-tolerant rice
  June 8, 2009
  Olchondra RT (2009). PhilRice eyes flood-tolerant rice. Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 9, 2009. View...
  
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2008
- Scientists restrategize on cassava breeding for emerging markets
  October 30, 2008
  Amuwa D (2008). Scientists restrategize on cassava breeding for emerging markets. Cassava breeding community of practice. Punch Newspapers, 31 October 2008, Nigeria. ...
  
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- Deciphering the code
  June 30, 2008
  McNally KL and Cairns JE (2008). Deciphering the code. Rice Today 7, pp 36-37. PDF
  
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- Planting the seeds of Cyberinfrastructure: new projects nurture plant bioinformatics
  June 12, 2008
  BioInform (2008). Planting the seeds of Cyberinfrastructure: new projects nurture plant bioinformatics, by Vivien Marx. 13 June 2008. ...
  
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- Learning from the green revolution
  April 23, 2008
  The Why Files (2008). Learning from the green revolution. 24 April 2008 (featuring GCP Project G3008.07: Basal root architecture and drought tolerance in common bean). Requested interview. Read...
  
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2007
- The DNA Files: aluminium-tolerant sorghum
  December 5, 2007
  Kochian L (2007). Interview on the research on the cloning of the sorghum aluminum tolerance gene on nationally broadcast National Public Radio programme. WSKG. The DNA Files, 6 December 2007. ...
  
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- UCR Researchers Awarded Nearly $1.7 Million to Develop Improved Cowpea Varieties
  November 5, 2007
  University of Calfornia-Riverside (2007). UCR Researchers Awarded Nearly $1.7 Million to Develop Improved Cowpea Varieties. Press Release , 6 November 2007, UC-R, USA. Press...
  
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- Sh 2 billion project to boost legume production in Africa
  November 2, 2007
  Saturday Standard (2007). Sh 2 billion project to boost legume production in Africa. Article published in Science and Environment section. 3 November 2007, Kenya, p 22.
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- Research to benefit African farmers
  October 31, 2007
  University of California (2007). Research to benefit African farmers. November 2007. Video and text
  
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- Sorghum, one of world's major cereals, may get yield boost as toxicity-tolerant gene is cloned
  August 26, 2007
  Kochian L (2007). Sorghum, one of world's major cereals, may get yield boost as toxicity-tolerant gene is cloned. Article in Cornell Chronicle, 27 August 2007, Cornell University, USA. View article...
  
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- Creation of drought resistant cowpea
  August 25, 2007
  Muranaka S (2007). Creation of drought resistant cowpea. NHK radio world, Japan, 26 August 2007, 17:00-8:30 (Japanese time).
  
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- Agriculture on unstable rain
  May 30, 2007
  Muranaka S (2007). Agriculture on unstable rain. Nihonkai shinbun, Japan, May 31, 2007. View article
  
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