17 November 2025
A groundbreaking international collaboration will transform cassava farming in Nigeria, the world’s largest producer of the crop. Cassava is a dietary staple for over 100 million Nigerians and a vital source of income for smallholder farmers. Yet yields remain far… Keep Reading
30 September 2025
In 2024, The Gates Foundation and the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) awarded Legume Technology a £2.15m grant to identify biological alternatives to synthetic nitrogen for African smallholder farmers. Dr Mike Thomas has the latest. So here we… Keep Reading
14 March 2025
Testing, testing, testing It’s fair to say this project excites me, writes Dr Mike Thomas. You don’t get the chance to work on projects of this magnitude – how to find new ways to fix atmospheric nitrogen – very often…. Keep Reading
9 August 2024
Providing sub-Saharan smallholders with a cost-effective alternative to expensive artificial nitrogen fertiliser has come a step closer for British agri-biotech company Legume Technology, following the award of a grant from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the UK’s Foreign,… Keep Reading