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Writing on sustainability, agricultural development, and food systems.All posts
I've gained a new fellowship: JIF Fellow in Global Food Security
I am delighted to share my new role as the John Innes Foundation Fellow in Global Food Security, tasked with unlocking research findings ...
Wheat participatory breeding in Kenya
It was great to see our participatory research in Laikipia, Kenya, learning how farmers’ crop selection compares to breeder’s choices, an...
New video we made with Crop Trust on Farmer-genebank benefits
It was a huge pleasure to make this video with the exceptionally talented Luis Salazar and Neil Palmer. An inspiring story with some amaz...
Linking farmers with national genebanks for rapid resilience
Delighted to announce our publication on how national genebanks are an overlooked but important resource to rapidly support smallholder c...
New 2025 EAT-Lancet vision calls for justice in healthy and sustainable food systems
On 3 October 2025, the EAT-Lancet Commission released a new report on healthy, sustainable, and just food systems. The report follows six...
The business case for safer grasspea in Ethiopia
I’m delighted to release our new strategy for the widespread and sustained adoption of improved grasspea for safe, resilient, nutritious ...
Keynote at the UK-ASEAN Symposium on Precision Breeding
I was honoured to give a keynote at the UK-ASEAN Precision Breeding Symposium in Malaysia and to present at the UK-ASEAN Symposium on Pre...
Mismatches in farmer and breeder targets
There is sometimes a mismatch between what crop researchers target and what crop producers want. We spoke to researchers and farmers at S...