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Four ways One CGIAR breeding programs can walk the talk on innovation
Opinion | Adam Hunt | 11/1/2021
By Hugo Campos and Michael QuinnIn the face of accelerated climate change, COVID-19 and growing populations, breeding at One CGIAR has a chance to lead the way towards food security. But to achieve that, breeding programs need to consider not only...
Developers unite around a common platform to liberate breeding data
EiB news | Sam Storr | 18/12/2020
As public sector breeding has modernized, it has become a more data intensive enterprise. Numerous applications and databases have been created for a wide variety of tasks from collecting field observations to analyzing genetics. However, this...
National breeding programs prepped to measure – and boost – genetic gains
Impact | Adam Hunt | 8/12/2020
By adopting best practices and established modern tools, NARS (national agricultural research systems) are making data-driven decisions to boost genetic improvement. And they are measuring this progress through tracking...
Crop breeding and soil management must go hand in hand
Opinion | Adam Hunt | 5/12/2020
Originally an EiB Op-Ed published on Farming First.Crop breeding is helping farmers in the developing world produce higher yields and better products under increasingly harsh conditions. This World Soil Day, Breeding Resource Initiative / EiB's phenotypinga and breeding...
Here's how to embed continuous improvement in your work
How to | Adam Hunt | 23/11/2020
By Gustavo Teixeira, Theresa Heitman and Adam Hunt Crop breeding programs are setting an example for how to examine and improve their work – while embedding this process into organizational culture. It's all to better meet the needs of their...
Webinar reveals approaches for breeders to save time and money, cut waste – and deliver for clients
| Adam Hunt | 22/10/2020
How can breeders and other research programs continually improve their processes and products? And how can they ensure they keep a customer focus at the centre of their work?A recent webinar organized by the CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform (EiB) and Accelerating Genetic Gains in Maize and Wheat for...
New AGG project aims to accelerate genetic gains in maize and wheat
EiB news | | 19/10/2020
By Joshua MasindeCGIAR Excellence in Breeding (EiB) is contributing its science-backed support to the maize and wheat breeding program improvement plans on the new Accelerating Genetic Gains in Maize and Wheat for Improved Livelihoods (...
CGIAR breeding programs need more than just tech upgrades. They need change management
Opinion | Adam Hunt | 15/9/2020
By Hugo Campos, CGIAR Excellence in Breeding (EiB) / International Potato Center (CIP)The status quo anchors our minds to the past. Good change management can shake this up. Here are four ways plant...
Excellence in Breeding team working to catalyze change
EiB news | Adam Hunt | 31/8/2020
Please see our team bio page.Combining culture change with technical innovations may be the most challenging part of modernization breeing programs. Working with partners across CGIAR and externally to catalyze this change, the CGIAR Excellence in Breeding (EiB)...