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African Crops News Service (ACNS) Current issue: Read here AGRA Crops Variety Database AGRA Supported Breeders only. Click here |
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Funding Programs, Grants & Outputs |
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African Crops Networks |
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Plant Protection Network, IAPPS |
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Electronic Journal of Biotechnology |
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African Journal of Biotechnology |
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AGORA: 400 Journals |
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About Africancrops.net
The website was published over the internet in October 2002 and disseminated outputs of research funded by The Rockefeller Foundation programs on Improved Crop Varieties and other regional programs. Currently it is funded by Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). It provides service in the areas of crop improvement, seed systems development, access to information and capacity building. It is visited by researchers, business persons, development workers, policymakers, farmers and students and is linked to several internet sites. The renewed efforts to realize a green revolution in Africa will require a state of the arts website with ability to respond to the information needs of scientists, development workers, the farming and business communities, and students.
The Africancrops.net platform supports scientific networks including African Molecular Marker Applications Network (AMMANET), Maize Breeders for Africa Network (MBNET), Consortium for Integrated Agricultural Development in Western Kenya, East and South African Cassava Breeders Network (CBN-ESA) and African Crop Science Society. The website disseminates information from the networks and assists members to access new information. These networks besides being useful sources of information, they need to be supported through the website and other value-added services for greater cohesion and to realize their full potential.
Africancrops.net also supports an email news service, African Crops and Seed Systems News Service (ACNS). It was established in 2006 and delivers news and other information to subscribers on a monthly basis through email and internet website. It is subscribed by over 22000 users, is listed by 250 websites and 75 leading news agencies, and several internet search engines and scientific directories. ACNS reports on research breakthroughs in improvement of African crops and seed systems. This service has added value to the africancrops.net website and will be expanded to continually disseminate developments on improving African crops.
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