Since 2022, funding for the Excellence in Breeding EiB) Platform comes primarily from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF).
We would also like to thank all funders who have support this work over the years through their contributions to the CGIAR Trust Fund, as well as support recieved from the Crops to End Hunger (CtEH) initiative, supported by:
- German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), implemented by GIZ (contributing the majority of CtEH funds to date)
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
- 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
- Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
- International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) - EiB's host center
- International Potato Center (CIP)
- International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
- National Agricultural Research and Extension Systems (NARES) operating in Africa, Asia, Latin America, including:
- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) / Crops Research Institute (CRI) [Ghana]
- Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)
- Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR)
- Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)
- National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) [Uganda]:
- National Semi-Arid Resources Research Institute (NaSARRI)
- National Crops Resources Research Institute (NaCRRI)
- Makerere Regional Center for Crop Improvement (MaRCCI)
- Zambian Agricultural Research Institute (ZARI)
- Zimbabwe: Department of Resarch and Specialist Services (DR&SS)
