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  1. Without food, man can live at most but a few weeks; without it, all other components of social justice are meaningless. Norman Borlaug 12:01 PM May 22nd via TweetDeck
  2. Honouring Maputo Declaration: More African nations hit agricultural investment target bit.ly/JNbajj via @SciDevNet 4:17 PM May 17th via web
  3. The Business of Agriculture In Africa: 4 Ways To Tackle Food Problem - bit.ly/JaLPTm via @VenturesAfrica" 9:18 PM May 16th via TweetDeck
  4. @JohnMHancock @AgroBioDiverse @CGIAR @gmopundit Thanks for RTs and mentions! 6:30 AM May 13th via TweetDeck
  5. #Groundnuts: Progress in #genomic tools, #drought adaptation & what wild cousins have to do with it! bit.ly/J3UF3s #2012TLI 10:15 AM May 12th via web
  6. RT @JohnMHancock New extended #Frontiers Research Topic "Biological #Ontologies & #Semantic #Biology" frontiersin.org/bioinformatics… #in 9:54 AM May 12th via TweetDeck
  7. FACT: Africa's leading #groundnut producers are Nigeria, Sudan and Senegal bit.ly/KSkDti #2012TLI 9:48 AM May 12th via web
  8. FACT: In Africa, #groundnuts are grown for both food and cash, covering more than 9m hectares bit.ly/KSkDti #2012TLI 9:45 AM May 12th via web
  9. FACT: The main constraint hampering sub-Saharan Africa's #groundnut yield is #drought bit.ly/KSkDti #2012TLI 9:41 AM May 12th via web
  10. FACT: Africa has 40% of world total acreage for #groundnuts, but only 25% world production due to low yield bit.ly/KSkDti #2012TLI 9:38 AM May 12th via web
  11. FACT: #Groundnuts are grown on more than 22.2m hectares worldwide, producing 35m tonnes bit.ly/KSkDti #2012TLI 9:31 AM May 12th via web
  12. #MAGIC for #chickpeas: opportunities and challenges in Ethiopia, India, Kenya & Tanzania (PDF) bit.ly/IQbNG5 #2012TLI 8:30 AM May 12th via web
  13. JOIN THE DOTS! Update on our sister project, Tropical #Legumes II (TLII) led by @ICRISAT (PDF) bit.ly/M6OEF9 #2012TLI 8:14 AM May 12th via web
  14. #Genome-wide association study (GWAS) for #chickpeas initated bit.ly/JqZxOj #2012TLI 8:02 AM May 12th via web
  15. #Chickpeas: cost-effective assays developed, SNPs integrated, phenotyping data analysed (PDF) bit.ly/JqZxOj #2012TLI 7:57 AM May 12th via web
  16. Doing MAGIC with #chickpeas: Multiparent Advanced Generation Intercross & more (PDF) bit.ly/JqZxOj #2012TLI 7:51 AM May 12th via web
  17. The CSI of legumes research? 'Forensics' project presentation caused interesting debate @ #2012TLI goo.gl/GSCcb 7:19 AM May 10th via web
  18. Ethiopian researchers & @ICRISAT work with farmers on drought & pest resistant #chickpeas bit.ly/yVOzul #2012TLI 7:08 AM May 10th via web
  19. FACT: #Chickpea exports from Eastern Africa increased commensurately, bringing new income for farmers bit.ly/IEiE6w #2012TLI 12:47 AM May 10th via web
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  • Bio The CGIAR Generation Challenge Programme is a non-profit global agricultural research partnership promoting modern crop breeding for food security
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