It's Time for a Change in the Breeding Mindset
-
From
CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council (ISPC)
-
Published on
30.10.18
- Impact Area

“Today the challenge has changed: We need to address an ever growing population, under a different climate that keeps changing, and with people who can afford more and who will want more diversity in their diets.”
In this interview, Rodomiro Ortiz, ISPC Member and Faculty (Chair) Professor of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, explains why it is time for a change in the breeding mindset. Plant breeding is still relevant but the challenge today is looking beyond productivity at the whole value chain including resource use efficiency.
Related news
-
Raising productivity and profits, How AgWise is Closing Yield Gaps through AI
Sehlule Muzata20.06.25-
Adaptation
-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
-
Environmental health
-
Food security
-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Nairobi, 20 June 2025 (IITA) - Across Africa smallholder farmers battle working with degraded soils,…
Read more -
-
New special issue of Food Policy examines fertilizer and soil health policies in the wake of global crises
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)12.06.25-
Food security
Press Release June 12, 2025 In the wake of overlapping global crises of the recent…
Read more -
-
Beyond Emergency Relief: Rethinking Humanitarian Response in Sudan
Ibukun Taiwo11.06.25-
Food security
This post is the second in a two-part series on Sudan’s overlapping food, water, and…
Read more -