Pioneering Sustainable Agriculture in Saskatchewan Through Local Innovations
By Elisabeta Lika The Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS) at the University of Saskatchewan recently conducted an in-depth study on the carbon footprint of …
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Grasspea Gastronomy: A Culinary Journey from an Indian to Canadian Kitchen
By Dr. Priyanka Gupta Recently, I had the pleasure of preparing some traditional Indian dishes using grasspea, and the results were a hit with everyone …
The Importance of Wild Types and Weeds for Genomics Research
While the vast majority of crops produced in Canada have been introduced from elsewhere, there is a lack of wild type relatives existing in nature …
Regulation of Genetically Edited Crops in Latin American and Caribbean Countries
Article and cover figure by Luiza Favarato Santos According to the United Nations (2019), the world population is expected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050. …
Canada Confirms Gene Editing Technologies are Conventional Plant Breeding
After months of anticipation, on May 3rd, 2023, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) publicly confirmed that plant varieties developed by advanced mutagenic gene editing technologies …
How Do Seed Traits Affect Variety Adoption?
The following uses results from an article published in the Canadian Journal of Plant Science, on February 9, 2023: Decision factors influencing new variety adoption in …
Seed Innovation for Food Security
Seed as a Starting Point Using the best ingredients or inputs is common with virtually all things we do. When we prepare to cook or …
Outcomes from COP-15 on Biodiversity: Competent Agreement or Cop-Out?
An estimated 18,000 people attended the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) that …
How plant breeding innovations are helping to feed a hungry world
Mikaela Waldbauer University of Saskatchewan Student Guest Blogger As of 2019, nearly 26% of the globe’s population “experienced hunger or did not have regular” access …
Contributions of Genome Editing Towards SDG Achievement
Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) requires innovation Innovations in agriculture productivity between 2005 and 2015, greatly contributed to reductions in the number of people …