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Genetic gains in Uganda maize breeding are strong – and heading for improvement
In the face of complex climate risks in Uganda, maize breeders are ensuring smallholder farmers have access to high-yielding and stress-tolerant maize varieties. Breeding programs from Uganda’s National...
New lab services and systems set to launch in early 2023
| Adam Hunt | 12/4/2023
To produce better crop varieties faster, breeding programs need to adopt the best services and technologies. In the past, CGIAR has sometimes lacked access or faced duplication or inefficiencies in providing or accessing these services. But, all these challenges are changing as the One CGIAR system and Breeding Resources Initiative move into their second year. Breeding programs can now expect a range of new and...
Breeding Resources Initiative: Partner Updates 2023
EiB news | Adam Hunt | 20/2/2023
CGIAR Breeding Resource Initiative (led and managed by Genetic Innovation’s Breeding Research Services unit) sends out periodic updates to inform partners about plans, progress, events and resources. These updates are collated on this page. For more information,...
Five strides forward for CGIAR crop breeding resources and services
Impact | Adam Hunt | 24/1/2023
Sitting at the cutting edge of science, the crop breeding domain has been improving and refining tools, technologies and techniques. But adoption by public breeding programs focusing on Africa, Asia, and Latin America has often been slow. This...
Advanced genotyping in Mozambique to accelerate genetic improvement, conservation and agronomy
EiB news | Adam Hunt | 10/12/2022
CGIAR collaborative efforts are helping Mozambican partners meet food security and environmental challenges. Crop breeding is key to unlocking agricultural potential, and ensuring...
Breeding Resources Initiative lays out plans and progress: video & FAQs
| Adam Hunt | 22/11/2022
As part of CGIAR’s new Genetic Innovation research portfolio, Breeding Resources Initiative (BRI) is already supporting breeders, operations teams, informatics and data experts and others to help CGIAR/NARES breeding networks reach operational excellence. At a recent BRI Town Hall the BRI team laid out its structure, plans, what the team is already delivering...
Breeding Program Modernization: Empowering NARES to transform breeding in East and Southern Africa
EiB news | Adam Hunt | 8/11/2022
In East and Southern Africa, rice consumption and demand are increasing at a faster rate than any other crop. Farmers in this region continue to use old varieties that are...
IRRI overcomes barriers and bottlenecks towards a rice breeding revolution
Impact | Misha Nicholas | 18/10/2022
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. ...
Breeding Resources Initiative lays out ambitious plans for support and services
EiB news | Adam Hunt | 20/9/2022
The new breeding modernization Initiative, Breeding Resources is mapping out its ambitious plans to deliver and institutionalize new tools, technologies and services to CGIAR and national breeding partners. During...
