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Kiboko Research Station in Kenya upgraded to accelerate East Africa maize and dryland crop breeding
27.01.25The Crops Research Facility of the Kiboko Research Station, an essential agricultural research stati…
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Guinea grass reference genome to open new territories in forage breeding
11.12.24-
Environmental health & biodiversity
By Rosa Jauregui, Tropical Forage Plant Breeder, Urochloa spp. and Megathyrsus maximus, the Alliance…
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Breeding and Research Services publishes 13 standard operating procedures for trialling and nursery
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Nutrition, health & food security
Breeding Resources Initiative, through its Business Process Management unit, developed 13 Standard O…
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Technical staff at African research stations gain crucial trialling and nursery skills, improving continent-wide crop breeding data
06.05.24-
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Ensuring top-notch equipment reaches breeding research stations worldwide is vital, but equally cruc…
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Soft launch of CGIAR Breeding Analytics Pipeline enables complex quantitative genetic analyses for CGIAR crop breeders
18.04.24-
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Nutrition, health & food security
In late 2023, Breeding Resources Initiative tasked a fast-track team of biometricians with the devel…
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How crop breeding can benefit the environment
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Modern agricultural practices have enabled food production to meet — and even outpace — demands…
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Empowering excellence: Total Quality Management training for superior crop breeding services
02.04.24Breeding Research and Services (BRS) leadership recently completed an intensive Total Quality Manage…
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In a water-challenged world, crop breeders must do more than go with the flow
18.03.24-
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Environmental health
With water sources dwindling and harsher climate conditions on the rise, farmers in the developing…
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Strengthening global plant breeding: the innovation journey of CGIAR Breeding Analytics Pipeline
05.03.24-
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In mid-February, a dedicated gathering of biometricians and quantitative genetics experts from CGIAR…
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How Kenya’s plant breeding stations are investing in women in science
04.03.24-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Also published in Farmers Review Africa, Smart Farmer Kenya, and included in Peoples' Daily, "Challe…
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Product Design Teams (PDTs): A client-oriented approach to defining market segments and target product profiles
29.02.24-
Environmental health & biodiversity
Seed product market segmentation (SPMS) and target product profiles (TPPs) are the backbone f…
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What to expect from Breeding Resources Initiative in 2024
29.02.24By Sharifah Syed Alwee, Senior Director, Breeding and Research Services In February, Breeding Reso…
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