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
29 July 2025
Glasshouses and Pots As he continues the quest to fix nitrogen in non-legume crops, Dr Mike Thomas says it’s all about the glasshouse and pot trials right now. Having selected the first group of potential candidates from our strain library,… 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
1 December 2024
It’s a thrilling prospect – the chance to find and put into practical agricultural use the microbes that could prove a small miracle for millions of farmers across Africa. Currently, high yields of staple crops like maize and sorghum depend… Keep Reading