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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�…

Adoption studies informing breeding market segments, Product Profiles and seed system interventions in Southeast Asia

CGIAR Initiative on Market Intelligence

12.08.25

Food security

by Jonathan Newby, Erik Delaquis, Luz Andrea Gomez, Adriana Bohorquez Cassava production in Mainland…

Let’s map together: using spatial analysis to support market segmentation

CGIAR Initiative on Market Intelligence

11.08.25

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Nutrition, health & food security

By Bert Lenaerts & Neale Paguirigan In 2025, approximately 690 Seed Product Market Segments (SPM…

How do Filipino consumers view and value healthier rice?

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

11.08.25

Nutrition

IRRI scientists explored the perspective of Filipino consumers to see how they view and value…

Felistus Chipungu (left), orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) breeder and scientist with the International Potato Center. Photo by C. de Bode/CGIAR.

Why CGIAR crop breeding is shifting focus to breakthrough products

Breeding for Tomorrow

08.08.25

Nutrition, health & food security

By Peter Coaldrake, CGIAR Breeding for Tomorrow’s Interim Director and Christian Werner, Quantitat…

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…

Sita Kumari, farmer, uses mobile phone apps to enhance her yields and get access to markets and labor. Credit: C. De Bode/CGIAR

CGIAR’s digital and breeding entities team up for smarter crop innovation

Breeding for Tomorrow

08.08.25

Big data

By Ram Dhulipala, Interim Director of CGIAR’s Digital Transformation Accelerator, and Peter Coaldr…

Group picture of the first cohort of mentees of Breeding Resources Knowledge Exchange Program (KEP). Credit: Revathi Ponnuswamy, ICAR.

Need training on breeding tools and services? Start here.

CGIAR Initiative on Breeding Resources

05.08.25

As global food-security challenges intensify, the urgency to strengthen capacity in breeding program…

Group pictures of the PDT meetings of the soybean breeding network in East Africa. Credit: Lennin Musundire. This work contributes to CGIAR Breeding for Tomorrow (B4T) Science Program through its Accelerated Breeding and Enable areas of work.

Why a soybean breeding network in East Africa makes sense now

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

23.07.25

By Dr Godfree Chigeza, Soybean Breeder, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), De…

ICRISAT to deliver world-class services as CGIAR's Breeding Resources South Asia Hub

Breeding for Tomorrow

07.07.25

Nutrition, health & food security

Strategic collaboration to scale innovation and deliver harmonized, high-quality support across CGIA…

A Quest for Market- and Farmer-Aligned Rice Varieties in Mozambique

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

01.07.25

Quelimane, Mozambique (11 June 2025) — Mozambique is taking steps toward a more market-responsive …

IRRI hosts Seed Accelerator Meet to accelerate deployment and positioning of new rice varieties through robust public–private partnership in India

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

27.05.25

Food security

HYDERABAD, India (01 May 2025) - To accelerate the adoption of newly released, high-performing rice…

CGIAR Breeding Analytics Pipeline hackathon, Nairobi, 2025.

Bioflow gets smarter with new modules and cloud features

CGIAR Initiative on Breeding Resources

19.05.25

Big data

The development of Bioflow, CGIAR's open-source breeding analytics pipeline, funded by GIZ through C…

What to expect from Breeding for Tomorrow

Breeding for Tomorrow

08.05.25

Nutrition, health & food security

CGIAR launches a new Science Program to develop and deliver climate-resilient, market-preferred, and…

IRRI and ICRISAT Set a Joint Vision to demonstrate Integrated Seed Systems for Dryland Farming in South Asia

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

25.04.25

Food security

New Delhi, April 2025 — In a significant step toward inclusive and climate-resilient agricultural…

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…

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…

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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

Adoption studies informing breeding market segments, Product Profiles and seed system interventions in Southeast Asia

Let’s map together: using spatial analysis to support market segmentation

How do Filipino consumers view and value healthier rice?

Why CGIAR crop breeding is shifting focus to breakthrough products

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

CGIAR’s digital and breeding entities team up for smarter crop innovation

Need training on breeding tools and services? Start here.

Why a soybean breeding network in East Africa makes sense now

ICRISAT to deliver world-class services as CGIAR's Breeding Resources South Asia Hub

A Quest for Market- and Farmer-Aligned Rice Varieties in Mozambique

IRRI hosts Seed Accelerator Meet to accelerate deployment and positioning of new rice varieties through robust public–private partnership in India

Bioflow gets smarter with new modules and cloud features

What to expect from Breeding for Tomorrow

IRRI and ICRISAT Set a Joint Vision to demonstrate Integrated Seed Systems for Dryland Farming in South Asia

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

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