by Dan Yates | Sep 6, 2023 | News
Research led by a post-doctoral fellow at the Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) is shedding new light into how a protein helps plants acquire nitrogen and other important nutrients for growth. Dr. Mutsutomo Tokizawa...
by Dan Yates | Aug 28, 2023 | News
A global team of scientists is looking to wheat’s past to help it grow into the future. More than two dozen scientists have contributed to a project that that has sequenced and characterized genomes of wild and domesticated einkorn, the world’s first domesticated...
by Dan Yates | Jul 28, 2023 | News
The Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS) hosted two events on July 19 exploring tools and strategies to advance agri-food research and development. The hybrid seminars, addressing applications for engineering biology and accelerated breeding, were attended by...
by Dan Yates | May 17, 2023 | News
The Global Institute for Food Security was pleased to provide testimony to inform a new report from the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food. The document — Feeding the World: Strengthening Canada’s Capacity to Respond to Global Food...
by Dan Yates | May 8, 2023 | News
A team from the Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS) participated in an announcement Monday supporting Mitacs programs. At the event, the Government of Saskatchewan announced support of $1.15 million to research and innovation internships in the province. Travis...