New resource for African university faculty: postgraduate course in "Cultivar Development" developed by Univ Illinois professor Rita Mumm Rita Mumm details application and implementation of concepts in genetics, statistics, and plant breeding. Access at pbea.agron.iastate.edu

.Bill Gates thank you for highlighting the “essential” role of CIMMYT and other CGIAR research centers in “feeding our future.” Research and funding partners' support is critical for our efforts to improve smallholder farmers’ food security and livelihoods.

I am excited to join the fireside chat World Agri-Tech discussing "The Impact of Frontier Technologies on Agriculture and Health". Join me in London on Oct 15-16! Details at bit.ly/2Nz7coW

Drought-tolerant maize improves yields in 13 countries scidev.net/sub-saharan-af… via SciDev.Net

UC-Davis African Plant Breeding Academy Begins its Second Class seedworld.com/uc-davis-afric…

Call for applications to Class III of the UC Davis African Plant Breeding Academy. Great opportunity! Apply at pba.ucdavis.edu/PBA_in_Africa/…

Congratulations to the African Plant Breeding Academy class of 2016 bit.ly/2giBnjh UC Davis @UCDavisCFIIE AUDA-NEPAD

25 African professionals have been trained in advanced #plantbreeding bit.ly/2giBnjh UC Davis @UCDavisCFIIE Mars @AGRAAlliance

Enoch Achigan Dako #Benin: This graduation is not for us but for #women & #men around Africa, for our #children. bit.ly/2giBnjh

Message from Rita Mumm to Africa's newest #plantbreeders: Remember this. Mars, Incorporated UC Davis @UCDavisCFIIE bit.ly/2giBnjh

#Hunger & #malnutrition can be eliminated in your lifetime, says Rita Mumm to the graduates of the Africa Plant Breeding Academy UC Davis

New CAST Issue Paper: "Plant Breeding and Genetics" with lead author UNL Small Grains Breeding- Frels Lab conta.cc/2o0jkxE

Very proud of this effort. Great to work with CAST and Dr. Rita Mumm and our co-authors. x.com/eversoleassoc/…

For my co-chair, Dr. Rita Mumm of U of Ill. and all of my co-authors, we thank you for the kind words. We also thank CAST for inviting us. x.com/plantdisease/s…

Fall armyworm has so far damaged an estimated 287,000 hectares of maize in #Africa bit.ly/2mmxrgE

Plant Breeding--genetics, innovation, and stubborn horses cast-science.blogspot.com/2017/03/plants… AgBlogFeed Agriculture U.S. Farmers & Ranchers in Action Brandee

Happy birthday to the late Dr. Borlaug. He holds a special place in our history & is an inspiration for a new generation of hunger fighters

Board of CIMMYT on lab excursion learning about genomic selection in #wheat! in the #Cimmyt biosciences lab

#NowReading: No crop left behind: Improving the plants that Africans eat and breeders neglect econ.st/2B78xbm via The Economist

Just imagine how many more people it would take to feed the world if it weren't for #plantscience innovations! goo.gl/M25owJ