Tanzania advances seed digitization with Research Business Management System
Tanzania has taken a major step toward modernizing its agricultural research and seed system with the coming in of the Research Business Management System (RBMS), a centralized digital platform designed to organize, standardize, and manage breeder data, seed catalogues, research outputs, and project workflows.
Tanzania advances seed digitization with Research Business Management System
Tanzania has taken a major step toward modernizing its agricultural research and seed system with the coming in of the Research Business Management System (RBMS), a centralized digital platform designed to organize, standardize, and manage breeder data, seed catalogues, research outputs, and project workflows.
The initiative was formally introduced during an inception meeting held in Arusha, bringing together the Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI), the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) under the Accelerated Varietal Adoption and Turnover for Open-Pollinated Varieties (ACCELERATE) and Accelerated Varietal Improvement and Seed Systems in Africa (AVISA) projects. The system aims to address long-standing inefficiencies in data management and improve the delivery of high-quality, traceable seed varieties to farmers across the country.