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Celebrating World Pulses Day 2022

On the occasion of World Pulses Day 2022, Dr. Vish Prakash, President of the International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST), shares how pulses, legumes, and millets, should occupy a prominent place in our diets, for both our health and our environment.

10.02.2022

ISC nominees selected for new IPBES Assessments

Work begins on the new IPBES ‘Nexus’ and ‘Transformative Change’ Assessments, with co-chairs announced and leading international experts selected to contribute as authors. The International Science Council is pleased to announce that three of its nominees have been selected as lead-authors for the assessments.

07.02.2022

The scientists saving Malawi’s crops

Grief can set alight passion – so when Elizabeth’s father died, she was spurred on a mission to address an alternative to chemical pesticide use. Her work into sensory repellents against Malawi’s prominent pest, the diamondback moth, could provide much-needed scalable solutions to food security.

07.02.2022

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How one young woman’s big tech dreams became a reality

When Ileana, a high school student from rural Texas, applied for an all- female STEAM camp in Rwanda she never could have predicted the profound effect it would have on her life and career. Now working in her dream job, Ileana encourages other young women to dream STEAM.

04.02.2022

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