Funding for the Excellence in Breeding EiB) Platform comes from CGIAR and generous donors including national governments, foundations, development banks and other public and private agencies, as well as the Crops to End Hunger initiative, with support from:
- German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), supported via GIZ
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)
- UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FDCO)
- United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
EiB works across a range of CGIAR and other partners, including:
- AfricaRice
- The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
- The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
- The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
- The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
- The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) - EiB's host center
- The International Potato Center (CIP)
- The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
- CGIAR Research Programs on Grains, Legumes and Dryland Cereals; Maize; Rice; Roots, Tubers and Bananas; Wheat
- National partners across the Global South
