Mission possible for ‘Generation Open’: open access and open attitudes for...
By Eloise Phipps Imagine the scene: it is the dead of night, and you are engaged on a dangerous mission. You are tense, alert for any noise. You must complete your task without being seen, or risk the...
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Friendship and trust at the heart of sorghum research …benefits to humanity are the real driver of the work.” Andrew Borrell (pictured) is a man who loves his work – a search for a holy grail of sorts...
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Welcome to Brazil! Journey by road six hours northwest from Rio de Janeiro and you’ll arrive to Sete Lagoas, a city whose name means ‘Seven Lagoons’ in Portuguese. Although cloistered in farmlands,...
View ArticleJames, the agile juggler on the maize research-to-development continuum
James Gethi and one of the crops closest to his heart – maize. He also has a soft spot for hardy crop varieties that survive harsh and unforgiving drylands, such as Machakos, Kenya, where this June...
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