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How research stations can be more gender inclusive
How to | Misha Nicholas | 28/7/2022
Both science and agriculture are often male-dominated. But this is starting to change as women take on stronger roles in science and farm management – and organizations commit to real progress.In breeding operations, women have been marginalized all too often. But CGIAR and its national partners are starting to...
Designer Crops of the Future Must Be Better Tailored for Women in Agriculture
Partner news | | 24/7/2022
For all the progress that scientists have made in breeding crops that feed more people, these breakthroughs typically elude a core demographic in low-income countries that rely on agriculture: women. Advances in seed genetics are estimated to be...
Partner news | Misha Nicholas | 21/6/2022
Not many organizations can claim to have saved a billion lives. But CGIAR’s crop breeding work has been credited with doing just that. Its research catalyzed the Green Revolution by developing high-...
Groundbreaking data analysis set to sharpen crop breeding investments
EiB news | Adam Hunt | 1/6/2022
Source: CGIAR Gender A groundbreaking new dataset and analysis are set to ensure crop breeders develop new varieties that benefit the world’s most disadvantaged people.The CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform (EiB) led a data collection effort across public...
IRRI overcomes barriers and bottlenecks towards a rice breeding revolution
Impact | Misha Nicholas | 18/5/2022
Source: IRRI Public breeding is undergoing a slow transformation as it adopts better, faster, more modern technologies and practices – all with the goal of ensuring farmers get the crop varieties they need. With an improvement plan that...
A transformational breeding data management system goes online at CGIAR centers
Impact | Sam Storr | 27/4/2022
This story was initially published at EBS.excellenceinbreeding.orgIn the race to develop more nutritious and climate-resilient varieties, crop breeders have access to enormous amounts of data: managing the operation of trials in different locations around the...
How crop breeding can benefit the environment
Opinion | Misha Nicholas | 21/4/2022
Modern agricultural practices have enabled food production to meet — and even outpace — demands from growing populations. But the rapid growth in production has often come at the cost of significant land and water degradation, biodiversity losses and increased greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). This month’s...
Solving for Zero: CGIAR Research Highlighted Among Climate Innovations to Meet Net Zero Emissions
Partner news | | 20/4/2022
Agriculture is one of the five main greenhouse gas-emitting sectors where innovations can be found to reach net-zero emissions, according to the new documentary and ten-part miniseries “Solving for Zero: The Search for...
African breeding and operations teams boost expertise and map out improvements
EiB news | Adam Hunt | 30/3/2022
Breeders and breeding operations staff across Africa are amping up their skills and solving shared problems with colleagues across crops and countries. It’s all part of a series of CGIAR Excellence in Breeding (EiB) workshops, in partnership...