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A man walking outside down a grassy lane between cassava fields

Spotlight

The Next Generation Cassava Breeding Project (NextGen Cassava) is blending advanced breeding technologies with equally sophisticated approaches to gathering market intelligence to serve a single purpose: meeting the everyday needs of millions of...
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
Cassava plant in hand

Spotlight

Today, cassava is cultivated on millions of smallholder farms across sub-Saharan Africa and consumed daily in a wide range of African dishes. This versatile food crop can be harvested and boiled fresh or dried and processed into flour or cassava...
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
Cassava in a field

Spotlight

At the start of the NextGen Cassava initiative, scientists were eager to unlock the genetic potential of cassava. But they were equally committed to exploring the preferences of people growing cassava. They wanted assurances that their advanced...
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
A group of white cows in a green pasture.

News

The Bezos Earth Fund grant will support a project developing low-cost virtual livestock fencing that would benefit farmers and animals, improve public health in developing countries and combat climate change.

  • Animal Science
  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture

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