Steps to transform African opportunity crops into reality crops

Pieter Rutsaert, Enoch G. Achigan-Dako, Mathieu A. T. Ayenan, Jordan Chamberlin, Happy Daudi, Aristide Carlos Houdegbe, Stephen Kresovich, Agnes Mbugua Gitonga, Tamerlane Mark Nas, Chris O. Ojiewo, Julia Sibiya, Harish Gandhi, Vishnuvardhan Reddy Banda, Mareme Niang, Javier Betran, Barbra Chisikaurayi, Chiedozie Egesi, Prakash Gangashetty, Dorcas Ibitoye, Hapson Mushoriwa, Dean Muungani, Joseph Onyeka, Roland Schafleitner, Dennis E. Tippe, Esnart Nyirenda Yohane, Kevin V. Pixley

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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-70990-3
Published: 2026-03-24
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@article{allodium:10.1038/s41467-026-70990-3,
  title = {Steps to transform African opportunity crops into reality crops},
  author = {Pieter Rutsaert and Enoch G. Achigan-Dako and Mathieu A. T. Ayenan and Jordan Chamberlin and Happy Daudi and Aristide Carlos Houdegbe and Stephen Kresovich and Agnes Mbugua Gitonga and Tamerlane Mark Nas and Chris O. Ojiewo and Julia Sibiya and Harish Gandhi and Vishnuvardhan Reddy Banda and Mareme Niang and Javier Betran and Barbra Chisikaurayi and Chiedozie Egesi and Prakash Gangashetty and Dorcas Ibitoye and Hapson Mushoriwa and Dean Muungani and Joseph Onyeka and Roland Schafleitner and Dennis E. Tippe and Esnart Nyirenda Yohane and Kevin V. Pixley},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Nature Communications},
  doi = {10.1038/s41467-026-70990-3},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-70990-3}
}

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TI  - Steps to transform African opportunity crops into reality crops
AU  - Pieter Rutsaert
AU  - Enoch G. Achigan-Dako
AU  - Mathieu A. T. Ayenan
AU  - Jordan Chamberlin
AU  - Happy Daudi
AU  - Aristide Carlos Houdegbe
AU  - Stephen Kresovich
AU  - Agnes Mbugua Gitonga
AU  - Tamerlane Mark Nas
AU  - Chris O. Ojiewo
AU  - Julia Sibiya
AU  - Harish Gandhi
AU  - Vishnuvardhan Reddy Banda
AU  - Mareme Niang
AU  - Javier Betran
AU  - Barbra Chisikaurayi
AU  - Chiedozie Egesi
AU  - Prakash Gangashetty
AU  - Dorcas Ibitoye
AU  - Hapson Mushoriwa
AU  - Dean Muungani
AU  - Joseph Onyeka
AU  - Roland Schafleitner
AU  - Dennis E. Tippe
AU  - Esnart Nyirenda Yohane
AU  - Kevin V. Pixley
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Rutsaert, P., Achigan-Dako, E. G., Ayenan, M. A. T., Chamberlin, J., Daudi, H., Houdegbe, A. C., Kresovich, S., Gitonga, A. M., Nas, T. M., Ojiewo, C. O., Sibiya, J., Gandhi, H., Banda, V. R., Niang, M., Betran, J., Chisikaurayi, B., Egesi, C., Gangashetty, P., Ibitoye, D., Mushoriwa, H., Muungani, D., Onyeka, J., Schafleitner, R., Tippe, D. E., Yohane, E. N., & Pixley, K. V. (2026). Steps to transform African opportunity crops into reality crops. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-70990-3

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