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Appreciation
of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
In a letter signed
by its Director of research; Dr Rodomiro Ortiz, IITA aknowledges contribution
of this researcher (Nagib Nassar).
About two millions hectars of Cassava are planted now in Nigeria by cultivars stem from
hybrids supplied by Nassar in the Decades 1970s and 1980s.
see appreciations of scientists and authorities
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Horticulture
Cultivars Performance Database
HORTIVAR is a new
tool for safeguarding information on the agronomic performance of
horticultural cultivars in relation to agro-ecological conditions,
cultivation practices, the occurrence of pests and diseases, market
requirements, and consumer preferences...
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Developing-world
universities miss out on cassava research funding
Nagib M. A. Nassar laments that funds for cassava research are normally
directed towards international research centres, wich are not short of money
or provisions, rather than towards those programmes run by universities in
developing countries.
(extracted
from SciDevNet : GM
Crops - Readers' Comments)
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Peter H. Raven to receive from the President of the
United States the National Medal of Sciences, the highest award for
scientific
accomplishments in USA.
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African tree yields promising bacterium.
A wild strain of the bacterium
Escherichia coli, which has recently been isolated form a product of the
African karité tree, could transform toxic compounds into ones useful to the
food and chemical industries, say French researchers.
(extracted from SciDevNet)
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Looking for drought-design crop plant.
(extracted
from Science in
Africa Magazine)
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The rape of the Pelargoniums...
and the export of African traditional knowledge.
Nature conservation officers frustrated as hands tied with red tape that
should be catching consortiums picking and exporting several tons of African
flora.
By Janice Limson
(extracted from Science in Africa
Magazine)
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Brazil regulates research on genetic
resources
Luisa Massarani
(extracted from SciDevNet)
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Has passed away in May 5th this year, Charles M.
Rick Jr, a pioneer of plant genetic resources...
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Decades of Cassava research bear fruit
(extracted from
IDRC Reports)
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