Freelance documentary photographer and science writer specializing in agriculture and the environment. Jumped ship to Bluesky @chromista.bsky.social
Halls Head, Western Australia
Joined December 2008
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With around 800K wheat accessions in gene banks, we can develop climate-resilient varieties crucial for food security, explains #CIMMYT Dr. Matthew Reynolds. These efforts are crucial for supporting smallholder farmers in regions like South Asia and Africa. #IWC2024Perth
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🌾 "By accelerating the development of climate-resilient wheat varieties, we are not just growing crops – we are growing hope for food security across East Africa." – Sridhar Bhavani from #CIMMYT #IWC2024Perth #FoodSecurity #WheatTransformation #ClimateResilience
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Connecting with incredible minds who capture captivating #agri stories from around the globe! 🌍 Thrilled to be with @MichaelMajorMed & @IsabelWilsonn from @cultivatecomms, Dr Sandra Milac & @JelleBoone from @cimmyt. Diverse perspectives and inspiring stories! 🌾 #IWC2024Perth – at Perth, Western Australia
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🌱 "New breeding approaches, such as creating bridge populations combined with genomic prediction models, can make efficient use of synthetic hexaploid wheat for more resilient future food production." – Susanne Dreisigacker from #CIMMYT @s_dreisigacker #IWC2024Perth
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🌾At #IWC2024Perth, Matthew Reynolds #CIMMYT presents his research on combining complex traits to boost abiotic stress tolerance in wheat. Leveraging AI, remote sensing and gene sequencing, his team is unlocking the potential of precision breeding for resilient, high-yield crops
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🧬"The mainstreaming of zinc in wheat is a game-changer for both global health and food security." – @WheatVelu.
#ZincEnrichedWheat #NutritionSecurity #CIMMYT #IWC2024Perth #IWC2024
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CIMMYT is in full force at #IWC2024Perth. We hope to demonstrate our impact on smallholder farmers in developing countries, solving global challenges, driving scientific innovation, and last but not least, supporting the Australian wheat sector.
🤝Thanks to @MU_CCFI_Biotech.
Farmers in #Kenya’s central highlands had their say in the @CropTrust @Cipotato #BOLDcwr #potato trials. They voted for their preferred traits and selected preferred tubers. Breeders will use the data to guide them in promoting potatoes for new trials for late blight resistance.
ALT More information about the BOLD project is available at https://bold.croptrust.org/. Photo: Michael Major for Crop Trust
Thanks Ismahane Elouafi @CGIAR_EMD for coming to Perth to present the H&S Stewart Memorial Lecture at @IOA_UWA. It was encouraging to learn of @CGIAR's work toward ensuing global food security and to learn from @KadambotS of CGIAR's contribution to Australia.
The @CropTrust #BOLDcwr team of @Cipotato is conducting trials in the central highlands of #Kenya of #potatoes derived from 29 crosses between crop wild relative-derived hybrids and advanced CIP clones that exhibit late-blight resistance. bold.croptrust.org/crops/pot…
ALT Photo: Michael Major for Crop Trust
The @CropTrust #BOLDcwr team of @Cipotato #Kenya have completed the harvest of a trial of #potatoes derived from 29 crosses between crop wild relative-derived hybrids and advanced CIP clones exhibiting late-blight resistance. Many promising lines were selected for further trials.
ALT @agrootavio
I traveled to #Botswana last year to document @ICBAAgriculture's #RESADE project. I met a woman who set up a business making juice from cooking melons. See my story and photos here: biosaline.org/news/2024-07-1…
I traveled to India and Bangladesh earlier this year to learn about #grasspea. My story and photos are at croptrust.org/story-articles…
Meet #grasspea - a superhero crop! It thrives in harsh conditions, improves soil, and is rich in protein.
As part of the #BOLDcwr project, experts are using wild relatives to create new varieties, aiming to put grasspea back on the menu ➡️ buff.ly/45ORBpG
@ICARDA
I travelled to Borneo earlier this year and captured some images and stories about the efforts of the Dayak people to conserve 'Malan', their traditional agricultural practices.
To preserve their traditions, the Dayak people of Indonesia are conserving indigenous seeds with the @borneoinstitute.
Under #BOLDcwr, they regenerated 377 samples vital to their heritage. The seeds traveled 10,000 km to the Svalbard @GlobalSeedVault ➡️ buff.ly/3VKRJDq
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A team of scientists on the frontlines of climate change are helping nature heal itself. But as wars rage around them, it's making their efforts to feed an increasingly hungry globe that much harder. ab.co/3KEzYPJ (via ABC News)
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Shushila is a farmer in Sehore, #India.
This year, she planted #grasspea, a crop not widely grown in her parts. Her efforts are part of the #BOLDcwr project to promote improved climate-resilient grasspea varieties in South Asia.
Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/4a18RbU
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More than 1,750 #genebanks – national, regional and international – around the world conserve about 7.4 million samples of #cropdiversity.
The most important use of this diversity is to prepare crops to cope with future challenges.
Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/3RYsHvv
I recently traveled to Sierra Leone to document ICBA's RESADE project. Here's a story ...
ICBA’s #RESADE project team has conducted a series of train-the-trainer workshops in Sierra Leone to teach farmers how the straight row method of planting rice can maximize yields. Read the story here: bit.ly/3WvnAsg
It was encouraging to see the work of ICBA's RESADE project in Mozambique when I visited last October.
#ICBAAgriculture’s #RESADE project and Mozambique’s Instituto de Investigação Agrária de Moçambique have been teaching farmers of Moamba how to develop drip irrigation systems and improve soil with #biochar. Learn more about the project here: resade.biosaline.org/
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🌱 Cultivating Hope in Vulnerable Lands: Unleashing the Agricultural Potential of Grasspea in the Char Areas of Bangladesh. @ShivKAgrawal @CropTrust @ICARDA #BOLDcwr
Read more: icarda.org/media/blog/cultiv…
