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 Okochi Olufunke | Aug 28, 2023 | News
The Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS) regrets to announce the passing of Dr. Kiran Sharma, a member of our International Scientific Advisory Panel, on August 1, 2023. Dr. Sharma was Senior Director, Sustainable Agriculture at The Energy and Resources Institute...
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 Okochi Olufunke | May 12, 2023 | News
Earlier in May, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) published updated guidelines on gene edited crops. The new guidelines put gene editing on the level of conventional crop breeding, and this represents a step forward for Canada’s market competitiveness and...
