James Legg

For many farmers in Africa, crops like banana, plantain, cassava, sweet potato, and yam are more than just food, they are a way of life. However, without access to quality, disease-free planting materials, growing these crops remains a challenge.

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Partnership 4 Delivery & Scaling innovation Impact requires Partners' Understanding of each other's Vision, Mission & Needs is crucial 4 an Impactful collaboration 4 the good of farmers. Long live @IITA_CGIAR + #RAB partnership!
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💥🤝Partnership 4 Delivery & Scaling innovation Impact requires Partners' Understanding of each other's Vision, Mission & Needs is crucial 4 an Impactful collaboration 4 the good of farmers. Long live @IITA_CGIAR + #RAB partnership!💥
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CGIAR, KALRO to host Science Week 2025 in Nairobi CGIAR, in collaboration with Kenyan Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization will host CGIAR Science Week 2025 from April 7-12 in Nairobi

🚀CGIAR Science Week 2025 (April 7-12) is making headlines! 🎙️ Thanks to The Kenya Broadcasting Corporation for spotlighting how this event with @kalromkulima will tackle climate change, food security & sustainable agriculture.

🔗 Read more: on.cgiar.org/41HLlzA

#ScienceWeek2025 @cgiar.org 🌍✨

Frontiers | Accelerated cassava varietal turnover in Tanzania, a direct result of cassava seed system interventions

🌿 Cassava Varieties 🌱

Reductions in the average age of #cassava varieties in #Tanzania 🇹🇿 demonstrate important progress in establishing a sustainable seed system in the country
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Stop it 😁 Visiting my Institute 😱

We will need to catch up on lots of stuff, from Oxford days to Zim, & development in Africa

🌍💧 With a strong @CGIAR delegation at the One Water Summit at #UNCCD COP16 in Riyadh! A great push for #SDG6 action and innovation ahead of the 2026 UN Water Conference.

💦@IWMI
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The world’s food, water, and land systems face unprecedented challenges—and opportunities. I’m excited to see the growing @cgiar.bsky.social community on Bluesky, where we’ll explore solutions to feed the planet and heal our environment. 🦋🌎

Join the conversation! ✨ #WithScienceWeCan #CGIAR

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Nice pics 👏🏼

Climate Action for Peace, Relief, and Recovery: Uniting Efforts at COP29 As the 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), in Baku approaches the end of its first week of negotiations, we see how the focus on finance remains ce...

🌍 #COP29 has concluded, but the work is only beginning. CGIAR's Franz Schapendonk reflects on how to ensure fragile regions receive the support they need to build resilience and secure a sustainable, peaceful future. 💡 #ClimateAction #Peace #Resilience on.cgiar.org/3ZaCMvS

Maize varieties c/o cimmyt

Not all #maize is yellow. #biodiversity in #foodsystems is just a crazy colour palette of wonder.

#corn #agrobiodiversity #cimmyt #cgiar

Just a bunch of beautiful purple #bananas #biodiversity

You guys know Eat This Podcast?

Talking about anything around food - www.eatthispodcast.com

Hello BlueSkyers 🦋! We heard all the scientists were heading over here so we're joining the herd 🐐. Follow us for news and events on food, land and water systems.

If you're at #COP29, please join us for another week of programming at the #FoodPavilion with the FAO! events.cgiar.org/cop29

Cost of #banana duct tape artwork? USD 6.2 million. Value of banana diversity in #CGIAR #genebank in Belgium? Priceless.

Credit. Crop trust.

Think you know what a #potato looks like? Think again.

#biodiversity #food

🌍 Poster Squeeze 🌿

Hardly a spare space in the hectic, dynamic but highly educative Poster Session at #IITAWPW2024

More than 7️⃣0️⃣ posters on display highlighting a diverse range of exciting research, partnership & delivery work accomplished in 2024 by IITA's teams
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Hi CGIAR. James Legg from IITA here. Principal Scientist & Seed Systems Programme Lead for IITA. Seed Equal, but soon to be Breeding for Tomorrow 😁 Based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

CGIAR researchers, who's here? Send us a chat and we will add you to our Starter Pack. 🦋 go.bsky.app/Ac57apH

The International Livestock Research Institute @ilri-cgiar.bsky.social which has nurtured and hosted our team for 15 years, itself turns 50 this year. Here is the big group photo!

Martyn Jeggo took to the stage following a spirited dance with the Hakuna Matata Childrens Choir.

With warm humour he recalled his long, zigzagging journey to becoming ILRI board chair, praising the development of ILRI & the crucial support of the Kenyan & Ethiopian governments. #ILRIat50

Our director general Appolinaire Djikeng opened the event with thanks to the vital support of so many governments, donors, international and regional partners, and funders whose support has allowed ILRI to touch the lives of so many through the work we have done. #ILRIat50

Excitement in the air as the #ILRIat50 Kenya celebration begins in Nairobi. Distinguished guests, alumni, partners, staff and livestock advocates were welcomed by a lively performance by the local Hakuna Matata Children’s Choir

Panorama view of poster session

🔴 Festival of Colour 🟡

It truly was a festival of 🟣colour, 🟤diversity & 🟠rich science content during the poster session of #IITAWPW2024 with the added 🌶️spice🌶️ of prizes for the most engaging posters. Winners to be revealed on Friday 🎊🎉🎋🎊🎉
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