Africa is facing a food crisis due to COVID-19. These seeds could help prevent it

Pearl millet harvest from a field in Mali Image: Agathe Diama /ICRISAT
Christopher Ochieng Ojiewo
Principal Scientist, ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics) in Nairobi, KenyaRohit Pillandi
Senior Communication Officer, ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics) in Hyderabad, India
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