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10/09/2025

A warm welcome to Jackie Campbell, who joins us in our KT office in Oxfordshire as the new PA to the Senior Management Team.

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09/09/2025

We are pleased to share the interview with Professor Appolinaire Djikeng, Director General of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Senior Director for Livestock Systems at CGIAR, and KT Chair of Trustees, which was recently published in Nature Africa. The article is titled “Developing Climate-Smart Livestock Solutions for Africa”.

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03/09/2025

KT would like to wish Helen the best of luck as she leaves us!
Helen has been with KT for 6.5 year as PA to the Senior Management Team and as Office Facilities Manager.  

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03/09/2025

KT is pleased to announce the publication of the BBI UKZN paper in the South African Journal of Botany. The paper is titled: "Agro-morphological diversity and breeding potential of Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea L. Verdc): Insights from recombinant inbred lines evaluation". 

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01/08/2025

Many congratulations to Dr ZIDA Wend-Pagnagdé Felicien Marie Serge on his graduation and being awarded a Doctorate in Applied Biological Sciences: Genetics and Plant Breeding from the Université Joseph KI-ZERBO. His thesis is entitled, ‘Caractérisation agro-morphologique et évaluation de l’interaction génotype -environnement de sept espèces négligées de légumineuses des genres Vigna, Phaseolus, Macrotyloma et Lablab au Burkina Faso’.

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01/08/2025

KT would like to highlight a method for rapid plant DNA extraction using directly a chipped seed. Please click on the Read More for the full video of this method.

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16/06/2025

Prof. Florence Akaneme, Dr Bhaskar Bajaru, and Dr Justus Obara all attended a hands-on training at IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria on Bambara Hybridization techniques which took place from 2-6 June 2025. Please click on the Read More for a summary presentation for this training. 

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27/05/2025

KT would like to highlight Dr Travis Parker's new Plant Science Drone Methods website. Please click on the Read More for educational resources and protocols for drone use in plant science.

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