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ReviewGM crops & food2024

Genome editing in Sub-Saharan Africa: a game-changing strategy for climate change mitigation and sustainable agriculture.

Peter Amoah, Abdoul-Razak Oumarou Mahamane, Moise Hubert Byiringiro, Neo Jeremiah Mahula, Nyimasata Manneh, Yetunde Ruth Oluwasegun, Abebawork Tilahun Assfaw, Hellen Mawia Mukiti, Abubakar Danlami Garba, Felicity Kido Chiemeke and 2 more

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Review in GM crops & food, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Peter AmoahPlant Breeding Programme, Pan African University Life and Earth Sciences Institute (Including Health and Agriculture), Ibadan, Nigeria.
Abdoul-Razak Oumarou MahamaneDepartment of Irrigated Crop, National Agricultural Research Institute of Niger (INRAN), Niamey, BP, Niger.ORCID 0009-0005-0042-4326
Moise Hubert ByiringiroPlant Breeding Programme, Pan African University Life and Earth Sciences Institute (Including Health and Agriculture), Ibadan, Nigeria.
Neo Jeremiah MahulaPlant Breeding Programme, Pan African University Life and Earth Sciences Institute (Including Health and Agriculture), Ibadan, Nigeria.
Nyimasata MannehPlant Breeding Programme, Pan African University Life and Earth Sciences Institute (Including Health and Agriculture), Ibadan, Nigeria.
Yetunde Ruth OluwasegunPlant Breeding Programme, Pan African University Life and Earth Sciences Institute (Including Health and Agriculture), Ibadan, Nigeria.
Abebawork Tilahun AssfawPlant Breeding Programme, Pan African University Life and Earth Sciences Institute (Including Health and Agriculture), Ibadan, Nigeria.
Hellen Mawia MukitiPlant Breeding Programme, Pan African University Life and Earth Sciences Institute (Including Health and Agriculture), Ibadan, Nigeria.
Abubakar Danlami GarbaPlant Breeding Programme, Pan African University Life and Earth Sciences Institute (Including Health and Agriculture), Ibadan, Nigeria.
Felicity Kido ChiemekePlant Breeding Programme, Pan African University Life and Earth Sciences Institute (Including Health and Agriculture), Ibadan, Nigeria.
Omena Bernard OjuederieDepartment of Biological Sciences, Biotechnology Unit, Faculty of Science, Kings University, Ode-Omu, Nigeria.ORCID 0000-0003-0474-6697
Bunmi OlasanmiDepartment of Crop and Horticultural Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sub-Saharan Africa's agricultural sector faces a multifaceted challenge due to climate change consisting of high temperatures, changing precipitation trends, alongside intensified pest and disease outbreaks. Conventional plant breeding methods have historically contributed to yield gains in Africa, and the intensifying demand for food security outpaces these improvements due to a confluence of factors, including rising urbanization, improved living standards, and population growth. To address escalating food demands amidst urbanization, rising living standards, and population growth, a paradigm shift toward more sustainable and innovative crop improvement strategies is imperative. Genome editing technologies offer a promising avenue for achieving sustained yield increases while bolstering resilience against escalating biotic and abiotic stresses associated with climate change. Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats/CRISPR-associated protein (CRISPR/Cas) is unique due to its ubiquity, efficacy, alongside precision, making it a pivotal tool for Sub-Saharan African crop improvement. This review highlights the challenges and explores the prospect of gene editing to secure the region's future foods.

Indexed as

AgricultureClimate ChangeCRISPR-Cas SystemsCrops, AgriculturalGene EditingAfrica South of the SaharaFood SecurityPlant BreedingPlants, Genetically ModifiedClimate resilienceCRISPR/Cas9crop Improvementfood securitygene editingplant breedingsustainable agriculture

Identifiers

PMID39481911
PMCPMC11533803

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