Workshop: How to set up a modern plant breeding program

Making the whole greater than the sum of its parts: How to set up a modern plant breeding program

Workshop delivered during the 2nd African Plant Breeders Association (APBA) Conference

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Time: 12-2 PM Kigali time

Meet the CGIAR-EiB regional team, learn about current approaches to modernize breeding programs. 

Agenda

	Title	Speaker	(mins)
	Introduction: EiB and this workshop	Biswanath Das (EiB NARES coordinator, Nairobi)	5
	Understanding market needs and priority setting	Agnes Mbugua (EiB, marketing specialist, Nairobi)	15
	Setting up a targeted, product profile orientated, breeding program	Dorcus Gemenet (EiB breeding scheme optimization expert, Nairobi)	15
	Integrative Genomic Resources for speeding up public breeding pipelines – case studies in Africa	Ana Oliveira (EiB genotyping coordinator)	15
	Importance of mechanization and modern phenotyping tools to improve breeding operations	Vinicius da Rocha (EiB mechanization specialist ESA)	15
	Data management – why and how? EBS intro	Young Wha (EiB lead for EBS development, biometrics, Mexico)	15
	Running a modern breeding pipeline – EiB perspectives	Dragan Milic & Bodo Trognitz, EiB CGIAR Breeding Specialists	15
	Modernization approach being implemented with NARES – process and examples	Lennin Musundire (EiB NARES support specialist, Nairobi)	15
	Q&A		15

More information

• For more information and to register for the full conference click here
• Email: info_apba@wacci.ug.edu.gh

The APBA in partnership with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and several other institutions announce the second Conference of the APBA (#APBAConf2021). The conference will be hosted both virtually and in-person at the Kigali Convention Centre, Kigali, Rwanda from October 25-30, 2021.