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UK-CGIAR Bambara groundnut consortium members outside St John’s College, Cambridge. Credit: Aga Alexander / Crop Science Centre, Cambridge.

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February 2026

Global experts meet in Cambridge to advance the future of the Bambara groundnut

On 12-13 February 2026, the Crop Science Centre (CSC) welcomed world-leading researchers and development partners for the inaugural UK-CGIAR Bambara groundnut consortium meeting at St John’s College, Cambridge. The two-day event brought together members of the UK-CGIAR Centre project for the genetic improvement of Bambara groundnut for future nutrition and climate resilience – a global...

Abdulkadir Issak, a research assistant, collects data on the assembled cowpea germplasm in the field at Zamzam University near Mogadishu. Photo: Ahmed O. Warsame

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February 2026

How genebanks helped Ahmed bring back cowpea to Somalia

Ramphal. a rice farmer from Chamrori vilaage in India.

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February 2026

How I’m helping rice farmers in India harness the power of fungi in the soil

Dr Ahmed Warsame working with cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) at the Crop Science Centre, Cambridge. Filming and images by WebsEdge Science.

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November 2025

COP30 film highlights how Crop Science Centre collaborations are empowering farmers through sustainable innovation

Professor Uta Paszkowski

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October 2025

Professor Uta Paszkowski appointed co-Director of ENSA in new joint leadership to accelerate breakthrough crop science for smallholder farmers

Harvested Bambara groundnut plant with pods. Photo credit: Dr Aloyce Callist Kundy, Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI) Naliendele, Mtwara.

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October 2025

Unlocking the potential of Bambara groundnut for food security and climate resilience

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October 2025

Celebrating the power of international partnerships to deliver impact from science

“Longitudinal section of the stem parasitic plant Cuscuta campestris haustorium attached to a tomato stem with vascular connections.”

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June 2025

How Plants Tailor Organ Development to Engage with Friends and Foes in Symbiotic Interactions

Uta

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May 2025

Uta Paszkowski elected to the National Academy of Sciences

Photo of a cyst nematode's head viewed through a high-power microscope shows its esophageal glands, which produce effectors it uses to infect host plants. The image was digitally edited to highlight the glands. The subventral glands responsible for SUGR-1 are colored blue. Photo illustration by Tom Maier and Thomas Baum/Iowa State University.

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April 2025

Disrupting ‘communication’ with plants could limit cyst nematode infections

Victor

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January 2025

Dr Victor Souza Coordinates Editorial on Plant-Parasitic Nematodes and Sustainable Crop Management

Suuq Bacaad grain market, Mogadishu, Somalia

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January 2025

Ahmed's Research visit to Somalia

Applying cell-type-specific CRISPR in the nodules of model legume Medicago truncatula

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January 2025

Applying conventional and cell-type-specific CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing in legume plants

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January 2025

Using fungus to protect key crops in Brazil

Barley at one of the CSC field trials in Cambridge

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October 2024

Precision breeding: legislation, applications, and implications for the UK

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October 2024

Tania Chancellor awarded prestigious fellowship in technology transfer

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October 2024

Dr Min-Yao Jhu selected as Assistant Features Editor for The Plant Cell