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Ethiopian scientist awarded National Medal of Science in the US for outstanding contribution to plant science and genetics

Ethiopian scientist awarded National Medal of Science in the US for outstanding contribution to plant science and genetics

WHEN Gebisa Ejeta was awarded the National Medal of Science in October by US President Joe Biden - the highest state honour attainable by scientists in the United States - he was being recognised not only for his contribution to science but also to a subject that is of increasing importance to Africa: the study of Africa's ancient grains. "There's nothing more noble to serving humanity, nothing more important than helping people feed themselves,” Ejeta stated in a televised interview distributed by Purdue University. Ejeta, who holds the position of Distinguished Professor of Plant Breeding and Genetics and International Agriculture…
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Biden says U.S. to send 25 million COVID-19 vaccines around the world

Biden says U.S. to send 25 million COVID-19 vaccines around the world

JEFF MASON and CARL O’DONNELL US President Joe Biden has laid out how his country would share some 25 million of a planned 80 million COVID-19 vaccine doses with the rest of the world. The United States will donate nearly 19 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine supply through the COVAX international vaccine sharing program, he said in a statement. Through COVAX, some 6 million doses would go to Latin America and the Caribbean, about 7 million doses to South and Southeast Asia and roughly 5 million for Africa. The remaining doses, amounting to just over 6 million, would go…
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