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Understanding costs for better Breeding Programs Since 2018, Accelerated Breeding Initiative (ABI), under CGIAR’s Genetic Innovation, has been assisting National Agricultural Research and Extension Systems (NARES) breeding programs in costing out their pipelines operations. The effort enables the breeding programs to better understand their costs, optimize resource allocation, and accurately estimate expenses for key activities such as trialing or on-farm

CGIAR INITIATIVES Accelerated Breeding Primary Impact Area Nutrition, health & food security Related Impact Areas

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CGIAR INITIATIVES Market Intelligence Primary Impact Area Related Impact Areas

CGIAR INITIATIVES Seed Equal Primary Impact Area Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs Related Impact Areas

What does it mean to have or not to have inclusive access to seed? How is this measured? What indicators should we use ? What data needs to be collected? These are some of the questions that CGIAR gender researchers and experts from the African Seed Access Index (TASAI) aimed to answer as they presented the findings of a pilot

Ensuring top-notch equipment reaches breeding research stations worldwide is vital, but equally crucial is empowering trialling and nursery teams with the skills to continuously generate high-quality breeding data.  Effective management of breeding trials is essential for establishing selection conditions that lead to distinct trait expression among genotypes. Good trial management minimizes experimental errors, thereby aiding in the identification of superior

In Muguga, on the outskirts of Nairobi in Kenya, stands a group of greenhouses, nestled in the middle of a forest of century-old trees. This is home to a Plant Quarantine and Biosecurity station run by KEPHIS, Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service. As we enter the botanical enclave, Ephraim Wachira, the deputy director overseeing the station, welcomes us warmly and