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Group picture: NARO team together with Accelerated Breeding Transform team members in Uganda

Ugandan breeders take the lead in crop innovation through new grant-based model

CGIAR Initiative on Accelerated Breeding

13.08.25

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Nutrition, health & food security

By Godfrey Asea, Senior Principal Research Scientist, National Agricultural Research Organisation (N…

Maize Product Design Team meeting, at KALRO, organised in collaboration with CGIAR Accelerated Breeding

How breeding networks are fostering the development of better crop varieties in East Africa

CGIAR Initiative on Accelerated Breeding

13.08.25

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Nutrition, health & food security

By Dr. Eliud K. Kireger, Director General and Dr. Benjamin Kivuva, Assistant Director, Crop Improvem…

Woman sells fufu in a marketplace, Abuja - a staple food of many African and Caribbean countries. It is often made with a flour made from the cassava plant. ©IFPRI: Milo Mitchell

How NRCRI and CGIAR are shaping the next generation of root and tuber crops in Nigeria

CGIAR Initiative on Accelerated Breeding

12.08.25

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Nutrition, health & food security

By Chiedozie Egesi, Executive Director/CEO, National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI) Nigeria�…

Wheat fields at the Campo Experimental Norman E. Borlaug (CENEB) near Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico. Photo credit: M. Ellis/CIMMYT.

A new direction for CGIAR crop breeding to invest where it counts

CGIAR Initiative on Accelerated Breeding

08.08.25

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Nutrition, health & food security

Message from Breeding for Tomorrow (B4T) Interim Director Peter Coaldrake to CGIAR Breeders, Nationa…

Farmers in Zaka with their recent harvest of drought tolerant maize. Photo credit: CIMMYT

How more inclusive maize breeding can yield better outcomes for women farmers in Zimbabwe

CGIAR Initiative on Accelerated Breeding

11.03.25

By Jill Cairns, physiologist, CIMMYT, and Maureen Miruka GEYSI Director, CIMMYT In Zimbabwe, CGIAR…

Potato trial at International Potato Center glasshouse on ILRI campus in Nairobi, Kenya. Credit: Breeding Resources, 2024.

What does process improvement look like for CGIAR crop breeding programs?

CGIAR Initiative on Accelerated Breeding

17.02.25

Nutrition, health & food security

A review of Accelerated Breeding’s ReOganize Work Packages achievements, 2022-2024 By Sarah Hear…

Weeding maize, Mongu, Western Zambia. Photo by Felix Clay:Duckrabbit, 2012. WorldFish

Supporting the future of agriculture in Zambia by developing in-demand climate-resilient crops with CGIAR

CGIAR Initiative on Accelerated Breeding

17.02.25

Nutrition, health & food security

By Lloyd Mbulwe (Ph.D), Acting Chief Agriculture Research Officer (CARO)-Crop Improvement and Agro…

Breeding nursery at Namulonge station, Uganda

How NARO is developing tailored crop varieties in Uganda

CGIAR Initiative on Accelerated Breeding

17.02.25

Nutrition, health & food security

By Godfrey Asea, Lead, Breeder and Seed Systems, National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) …

Group picture of the seven IITA yam researchers at PAG32, San Diego, United States. Credits: IITA.

IITA Yam Team showcases groundbreaking research at PAG32

CGIAR Initiative on Accelerated Breeding

29.01.25

Nutrition, health & food security

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Breeding team made a significant impress…

Why early-stage on-farm sparse testing could be a game changer for crop breeding in Africa

CGIAR Initiative on Accelerated Breeding

11.12.24

Climate adaptation & mitigation

By Mainassara Zaman-Allah, Christian Werner, Jill Cairns - CIMMYT Over 80% of the world’s 570…

CGIAR and NARES leaders convene in Dubai to strengthen breeding partnerships for global food security

CGIAR Initiative on Accelerated Breeding

02.11.24

A high-level meeting of leaders from African National Agricultural Research and Extension Systems (N…

Five ways crop breeding can benefit rural women

CGIAR Initiative on Accelerated Breeding

14.10.24

Gender equality

Five ways crop breeding can benefit rural women Updated version. Originally published in 2021 on…

Cassava roots being processed at IITA's new cassava breeding facility in Nigeria. Credit: IITA.

Can crop breeding fight food loss and waste?

CGIAR Initiative on Accelerated Breeding

25.09.24

Each year, nearly one-third of the food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted…

Data management and analytics in African drylands: Leveraging the power of CGIAR Breeding Analytical Pipeline for data-driven decision making

CGIAR Initiative on Accelerated Breeding

24.06.24

Nutrition, health & food security

Breeding is a numbers game, which, being data-driven, needs accurate and precise numbers. The Drylan…

Accelerated Breeding Initiative expands costing support with a Train-the-Trainer workshop

CGIAR Initiative on Accelerated Breeding

19.06.24

Nutrition, health & food security

Understanding costs for better Breeding Programs Since 2018, Accelerated Breeding Initiative (ABI), …

How crop breeding can benefit the environment

CGIAR Initiative on Accelerated Breeding

08.04.24

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health
Environmental health & biodiversity

Modern agricultural practices have enabled food production to meet — and even outpace — demands…

Can improved crop breeding boost gender equality?

CGIAR Initiative on Accelerated Breeding

12.10.23

As we recognize the role of women in society - and in science - this…

Improved cassava varieties are becoming a key ingredient in global food security

CGIAR Initiative on Accelerated Breeding

29.09.23

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Nutrition, health & food security

Little known in most highly developed countries, the root vegetable cassava has been largely ignored…

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Ugandan breeders take the lead in crop innovation through new grant-based model

How breeding networks are fostering the development of better crop varieties in East Africa

How NRCRI and CGIAR are shaping the next generation of root and tuber crops in Nigeria

A new direction for CGIAR crop breeding to invest where it counts

How more inclusive maize breeding can yield better outcomes for women farmers in Zimbabwe

What does process improvement look like for CGIAR crop breeding programs?

Supporting the future of agriculture in Zambia by developing in-demand climate-resilient crops with CGIAR

How NARO is developing tailored crop varieties in Uganda

IITA Yam Team showcases groundbreaking research at PAG32

Why early-stage on-farm sparse testing could be a game changer for crop breeding in Africa

CGIAR and NARES leaders convene in Dubai to strengthen breeding partnerships for global food security

Five ways crop breeding can benefit rural women

Can crop breeding fight food loss and waste?

Data management and analytics in African drylands: Leveraging the power of CGIAR Breeding Analytical Pipeline for data-driven decision making

Accelerated Breeding Initiative expands costing support with a Train-the-Trainer workshop

How crop breeding can benefit the environment

Can improved crop breeding boost gender equality?

Improved cassava varieties are becoming a key ingredient in global food security