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Providing safe maize for Africa: Aflatoxin Proficiency Testing and Control in...
By Tim Herrman, Texas state chemist, Texas A&M AgriLife Anne Muiruri – APTECA program coordinator at the BecA-ILRI Hub (photo: BecA-ILRI Hub/Alnoor Abdulla) The Aflatoxin Proficiency Testing and...
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Auburn University post-doc tracks cassava virus history in East Africa
By Gabriela Chavez, postdoctoral fellow, Auburn University based at the BecA-ILRI Hub Gabriela Chavez poses with a cassava farmer in Kisumu, Kenya I joined the Cassava Virus Evolution Project to study...
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Cassava, flies and viruses: studying the role of whiteflies in cassava...
By William Sharpee, postdoctoral fellow, North Carolina State University Post-doctoral scientists Gabriela Chavez from Auburn University (left) and William Sharpee (2nd right) from North Carolina State...
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My mission to unlock the potential of ‘orphaned’ African eggplant: Ugandan...
By Fred Masika, visiting scientist at the Biosciences eastern and central Africa-International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub Fred Masika at UC Davis, US during the 13th Solanaceae...
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How to make ICT work for agriculture in Africa
By Wokorach Godfrey, PhD student, Gulu University and research fellow at the Biosciences eastern and central Africa-International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub Agricultural production is...
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Climate-smart Brachiaria grass to help Kenyan farmers withstand global...
Brizantha cv. Xaraés, one of the improved varieties of Brachiaria under research for climate change mitigation (photo: BecA-ILRI Hub/Collins Mutai) A recent study by the Biosciences eastern and...
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Growing climate-smart Brachiaria in Rwanda: BecA-ILRI Hub project to improve...
In the ‘Land of a thousand hills’ where the largely steep landscape has led to severe erosion, finding sufficient feed to support the growing dairy industry has been a major challenge to smallholder...
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Driving Africa’s agricultural development by enabling biosciences innovations
In 2016, the Biosciences eastern and central Africa–International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub celebrated 15 years as a centre for excellence for agricultural research. Against a...
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Supporting African-led agricultural research to drive economic growth – Part 1
Scaling up the use of Brachiaria grass as a key forage in Africa Research implemented in Kenya and Rwanda by the Biosciences eastern and central Africa-International Livestock Research Institute...
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Research at BecA-ILRI Hub supports vaccine development policy in Kenya
By Jane Githinji, assistant director of veterinary services, Kenya and ABCF alumnus As head of the virology laboratory at the Central Veterinary Laboratories in the Directorate of Veterinary Services...
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