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23/10/2025
During our recent visit to Zimbabwe, the Kirkhouse Trust was pleased to present a short STOL (Stress Tolerant Orphan Legume) video at both the African Plant Breeders Association (APBA) Conference and the Kirkhouse Trust Combined Meeting.
We’re delighted to share that a full 15-minute version of the STOL video is now available if you click read more.
22/10/2025
KT would like to thank everyone who joined us at the African Plant Breeding Association (APBA) meeting and at KT’s annual meeting immediately afterwards, for helping to make these events both successful and enjoyable occasions. 38 KT grantees and students presented in different APBA sessions, and KT’s side event at the APBA conference provided an opportunity to share recent advances in 11 common bean, cowpea, and Bambara groundnut breeding projects. In addition, KT grantees contributed 16 posters to the APBA conference. These activities provided an excellent backdrop for the subsequent review and planning discussions held during KT’s annual meeting.
19/09/2025
Many congratulations to Dr Serah Nyawira Njau on her graduation and for being awarded a Doctorate in Genetics and Plant Breeding, at the University of Embu, Kenya. Her thesis is entitled, "Combining Ability And Genetic Mapping Of Pod Quality And Yield Traits In Locally Adapted French Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in Kenya".
10/09/2025
A warm welcome to Jackie Campbell, who joins us in our KT office in Oxfordshire as the new PA to the Senior Management Team.
09/09/2025
We are pleased to share the interview with Professor Appolinaire Djikeng, Director General of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Senior Director for Livestock Systems at CGIAR, and KT Chair of Trustees, which was recently published in Nature Africa. The article is titled “Developing Climate-Smart Livestock Solutions for Africa”.
03/09/2025
KT would like to wish Helen the best of luck as she leaves us!
Helen has been with KT for 6.5 year as PA to the Senior Management Team and as Office Facilities Manager.
01/08/2025
Many congratulations to Dr ZIDA Wend-Pagnagdé Felicien Marie Serge on his graduation and being awarded a Doctorate in Applied Biological Sciences: Genetics and Plant Breeding from the Université Joseph KI-ZERBO. His thesis is entitled, ‘Caractérisation agro-morphologique et évaluation de l’interaction génotype -environnement de sept espèces négligées de légumineuses des genres Vigna, Phaseolus, Macrotyloma et Lablab au Burkina Faso’.
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