Advancing National, Regional and Global policies for the World's most overlooked Superfoods

24 June 2026. Advancing National, Regional and Global policies for the World's most overlooked Superfoods. 37th Webinar Series of the SOCIETY FOR UNDERUTILIZED LEGUMES 

Innovations in Crop Science and Horticulture by Dr. Chiamaka Obasi, Plant breeder| data analyst| Quantitative geneticist | VACS Research Fellow at BecA-ILRI Hub, Nairobi Kenya 

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This week, the first of three capacity development workshops under the VACS initiative kicked off in Nairobi, Kenya. The Data Analysis Hackathon for Opportunity Crops brought together emerging plant breeders and researchers from across Africa for hands-on training in data analytics and crop improvement.

Bambara groundnut. Finger millet. Okra. Sesame. Taro. Amaranth. Pigeon pea. These crops feed millions across Africa, yet they've long been overlooked by global research systems. The Vision for
Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS) is changing that.

At the opening, Dr. Stephen Gudz, SAS Program Director at CIMMYT, put it plainly: investing in young African scientists is how we accelerate the crop innovations that food security depends on.

Organized by CIMMYT in collaboration with Cornell University and partners across the CGIAR system.