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Accelerating wheat breeding, from Toluca in Mexico to the world
12.11.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
In Mexico, a project has been completed to develop new elite parental lines of wheat…
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Next-gen rice lines top check varieties at 7.5 t/ha in ESA
11.11.25-
Food security
MOROGORO, Tanzania (8 October 2025) — Elite rice lines are outperforming the current popular varie…
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QTL Profiling Now Live on EBS
11.11.25-
Food security
QTL profiling is now integrated into the EBS Platform’s MDA module. Teams across CGIAR research…
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CGIAR and HarvestPlus support national policy change to embed nutrition in every seed
06.11.25For over two decades, biofortification has helped make staple crops more nutritious for more than…
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Less Is More in India’s Upcoming Rice Breeding Strategy
04.11.25-
Food security
Hyderabad, India (25 October 2025)—India is redefining how rice breeding responds to consumer and …
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Farmers take the lead in shaping CGIAR crop innovations through the Tricot methodology
27.10.25When the rain finally came to her village in Tanzania, Mariam didn’t just plant her…
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Getting quality seeds of improved varieties to every farmer: A conversation on CGIAR’s Inclusive Delivery approach
27.10.25How can we ensure that the improved, climate-resilient varieties developed by CGIAR and partners rea…
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Advancing rice milling efficiency and quality in Uganda
27.10.25By Arelene Julia Malabayabas, Melanie Connor, Arielle Sandrine Rafanomezantsoa, Edgar Twine, Jane N…
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Extending the CGIAR Market Intelligence framework to the VACS crops
27.10.25By Pieter Rutsaert, Agnes Mbugua, Moti Jaleta, Kevin Pixley The Opportunity Crops and Soils moveme…
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Breeding for Tomorrow strengthens collaboration with African partners at the 4th African Plant Breeders’ Association Conference
21.10.25This year’s 4th African Plant Breeders’ Association (APBA) Conference brought together more than…
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Infinite Leadership and Market Intelligence in CGIAR Breeding
20.10.25-
Food security
Matty Demont (IRRI), Berber Kramer (IFPRI), Robert Andrade (Alliance Bioversity-CIAT), Melanie Conno…
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In East and Southern Africa, PABRA pilots the first regional Product Advancement Meeting for beans
08.09.25The demand for common beans is growing fast as more consumers embrace plant-based diets. Once…
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How AfricaRice transforms shared tools into impact for rice breeding
04.09.25-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
By Dr. Baboucarr Manneh, Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) Director General In the face of urgent…
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How Fairgrounds (previously AgPile) connects data and crop breeders – with early examples
27.08.25-
Big data
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Nutrition, health & food security
In early 2025, CGIAR received a grant from the Gates Foundation to develop AgPile, a…
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What is Enable, the new coordination engine supporting CGIAR crop breeding?
25.08.25By Biswanath Das, Enable Area of Work Lead, CGIAR Breeding for Tomorrow ENABLE is the…
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Mainstreaming nutrition in CGIAR breeding: X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) services ready to scale
25.08.25-
Nutrition, health & food security
Reducing global undernutrition remains one of CGIAR’s most pressing opportunities for impact. For …
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Inside the global effort to defend rice from major diseases
18.08.25-
Food security
By Van Schepler-Luu & Myrtel Anne Valenzuela Rice diseases such as bacterial blight and blast…
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Ugandan breeders take the lead in crop innovation through new grant-based model
13.08.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
By Godfrey Asea, Senior Principal Research Scientist, National Agricultural Research Organisation (N…
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