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
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
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