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Nutrien and other Founding Partners endorse Global Institute for Food Security’s Strategic Direction for Second Phase of Growth

First-of-its-kind project at Global Institute for Food Security imaging live plants for more nutrient-efficient crop breeding

Corporate strategy drives restructuring and leads to exciting opportunities at the Global Institute for Food Security

New Research Chair at USask will help maximize environmental, economic benefits of forage crops

Call-to-action to make new sustainability index a reality for Canada’s agri-food sector

USask researchers funded to tackle MS, osteoporosis, and plant health

Brian Ham (PhD), GIFS Research Chair in Plant Molecular Signaling, Root-Soil-Microbial Interactions receives New Frontiers in Research Fund to track mineral distribution in plants under reduced fertilizer inputs

DivSeek International Network Launches New Strategy to Improve Generation and Sharing of Information about Global Plant Genetic Resources

New USask research will make bean crops hardier, help improve global food security

Global Institute for Food Security Announces new Director of Finance

GIFS Agtech Ideas Portal: Partner with Us to Advance Your Project Ideas

USask scientists help find the key to decoding rye genome

Global Institute for Food Security researchers at USask help map broad genetic diversity of canola crop

USask awarded $3.2M towards first-in-Canada engineering biology centre for ag innovation

Greenhouse Spaces Available for Rent at the Global Institute for Food Security

Report champions a new sustainability index for Canada’s agri-food sector

Canada is a leader of sustainable, safe and responsibly-produced food

Global Institute for Food Security at USask awarded over $330,000 to provide missing genetic information for key forage crop

Global Institute for Food Security Launches Canada’s First Integrated Omics and Precision Agriculture Laboratory at USask

One year of pilot testing successfully completed

Global Institute for Food Security at USask releases 2019-20 annual report

Report highlights renewed focus on efficiently bringing innovation to market

Landmark study generates first genomic atlas for global wheat improvement

USask-led study sequences genomes of 15 wheat varieties around the world

National Engineering Biology Steering Committee Releases White Paper

Engineering Biology– A platform technology to fuel multi-sector economic recovery and modernize bio-manufacturing in Canada

New report signals importance of environmental targets as Canada aims for agri-food leadership

GIFS Board Chair Alanna Koch Speaks at Food and Agriculture Organization World Food Day Talks 2020

Innovation to feed a post-pandemic world

DivSeek International launches 11 global ‘Hubs’ to accelerate the use of natural genetic diversity to advance crop improvement

Bangladesh Economic Seminar Highlights Trade and Investment Opportunities for Saskatchewan and Canada

USask and GIFS host global software competition to advance digital agriculture

Investment into development of artificial intelligence spraying technology

A.I. technology will allow farmers to target crop pests.

USask Global Institute for Food Security partners on supercluster project to help lower crop pesticide use

Global Institute for Food Security at USask appoints Nutrien sustainability lead to its board

New USask-led research reveals previously hidden features of plant genomes

Agtech to the rescue in a pandemic: adapting plant labs for human testing

Global Institute for Food Security at USask sets new strategy to collaboratively advance food security

Global Institute for Food Security Appoints New Data Management and Analytics Platform Leader

Global Institute for Food Security at USask Supporting Saskatchewan Health Authority COVID-19 Testing

GIFS Measures in Response to the COVID-19 Situation

Global Institute for Food Security at USask partners with Bangladesh to promote sustainable food security

Root cause: optimizing the “hidden half” of the canola crop

Global Institute for Food Security at USask signs agreement to accelerate social science research in food security

Global Institute for Food Security at USask awarded over $600,000 for project to help extend prairie growing season

USask Global Institute for Food Security researchers help crack canola genome

USask Global Institute for Food Security and federal partners to pilot first ‘omics’ and precision agriculture laboratory in Canada

P2IRC delivers innovative approach to seed selection through prize-winning PlotVision software

GIFS: Advancing global food security to feed a growing world

Global Institute for Food Security hosts Science Day ‘open house’ to showcase innovation

Enhancing digital plant breeding for climate change resiliency

4th annual Plant Phenotyping and Imaging Research Centre conference takes place October 23-24

Global Institute for Food Security at the University of Saskatchewan hosts Bangladesh delegation for talks to establish agriculture research and training consortium

Renowned USask Global Institute for Food Security scientist awarded prestigious international food innovation prize

The Plant Whisperer: Understanding the Communication between a Plant’s Roots and its Shoots

Relevance and Impact: GIFS Enhancing Food Security in Saskatchewan, Canada and Around the World (Video)

GIFS: Connecting with the World to Achieve Global Food Security

GIFS Researcher Secures CFI Award to Enhance Global Food Security

International research executives to lead the Global Institute for Food Security at USask

Marco Ferroni joins Global Institute for Food Security board

$625,000 funding award enables Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS) researcher to accelerate novel breeding program

World-class food security expert at GIFS recognized for exceptional research performance

New leader for USask’s leading-edge food security research program

Scholarships in global food security could lead to important discoveries in agriculture and health

3rd Annual P2IRC Symposium Mobilizes P2IRC

International biosciences leader named Interim Executive Director and CEO for GIFS

New chair and vice-chair for Global Institute for Food Security board

Improving agriculture through digital technologies: 3rd Annual Symposium takes place in Saskatoon October 17-18

Food Security Canada Excellence Research Chair receives $1.6 million for crop research with Chinese scientists

University of Saskatchewan crop scientists help crack the wheat genome code

GIFS Board of Directors Welcomes Back Former Board Member and Bids Farewell to Founding Chair

P2IRC Researcher Receives Distinguished Research Award

P2IRC Project Investigator Carl Gutwin Received a Distinguished Researcher Award at the University of Saskatchewan.

A Message From Dr. Maurice Moloney

Two Top U.S Scientist Join U of S Food Security Research

Flagship programs at the University of Saskatchewan such as the Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) and two Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF) programs are helping to create a cluster of expertise in world-class plant breeding and attract top researchers.

GIFS 2018 Emerging Technologies for Global Food Security Conference Speaker Lineup

GIFS is rooting out secrets to creating better crops

Innovation Saskatchewan awards $800,000 to Dr. Leon Kochian to improve crop productivity and resiliency.

Leon Kochian receives $800,000 from Innovation Saskatchewan to equip a new research laboratory

P2IRC's Work in Computational Informatics of Crop Phenotype Data Featured on Radio Canada

Tony Kusalik and Iav Staveness are working to revolutionize plant breeding using digital data, artificial intelligence, and machine learning techniques.

P2IRC Researchers Featured in Country Guide West and Country Guide East

The power of deep learning will unlock much of agriculture’s future, thanks to enormous potential of ‘The Cloud’.

GIFS Sponsored Student Sees Opportunities for A Sustainable Nigeria, Including Food Security

GIFS Sponsored Student Sees Opportunities for A Sustainable Nigeria, Including Food Security

U of S researchers in global food security awarded grants from Microsoft

Frogs and Food Security - What's The Connection?

U of S now accepting applications for major graduate scholarship in global food security

GIFS receives $1.35 million in federal funding for Omics and Precision Agriculture Laboratory (OPAL)

International conference leaves scholarship award winner optimistic for the “science of the future”

Plant Phenotyping and Imaging Research Centre (P2IRC) named a 2017 STIC Award Finalist