The 2026 recipient of the UC Davis Plant Breeding Academy's Outstanding Student Award is Judith Reese, with Norddeutsche Pflanzenzucht Hans-Georg Lembke KG (NPZ) in Germany. Sponsored by Euroseeds and Seed World Europe the award was presented to Judith by European PBA Director, Jovan Djordjevic, at the Euroseeds Congress in Valencia, Spain, on October 27.

 

African Orphan Crops Consortium releases new report for 2026. Access through the link below: 

 

𝗧𝗪𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗬 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗦 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 10 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗘 𝗔 𝗧𝗪𝗢-𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥 𝗝𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗘𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗖𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘, 𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚, 𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗬 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗧𝗛.

 

The European UC Davis Plant Breeding Academy celebrated the graduation of Class VIII with a ceremony and reception in Davis, California. This marked the completion of an intensive two-year professional development program for 20 plant breeding professionals representing 10 countries: Spain, Poland, the Netherlands, Finland, Norway, Turkey, Germany, France, Belgium, and Thailand.