To produce better crop varieties faster, breeding programs need to adopt the best services and technologies. In the past, CGIAR has sometimes lacked access or faced duplication or inefficiencies in providing or accessing these services. But, all these challenges are changing as the One CGIAR system and Breeding Resources Initiative move into their second year. Breeding programs can now expect
Esther (a composite of typical experiences) is the proud owner-manager of a small shop in a trading center close to her home in a village in eastern Uganda. With a loan from a savings and credit organization and some help from her husband, she was able to rent a stall and buy sufficient stock to get her business going. She
Bjorn Van Campenhout, Leocardia Nabwire On Monday February 6th, a co-design workshop was organized in Iganga, Uganda. The objective of the workshop was to get ideas for the design of an intervention that highlights consumption-related traits of improved seed varieties, which in turn is expected to increasing varietal turnover of seed among smallholder farmers. The workshop was attended by District
CGIAR Breeding Resource Initiative (led and managed by Genetic Innovation’s Breeding Research Services unit) sends out periodic updates to inform partners about plans, progress, events and resources. These updates are collated on this page. For more information, please contact: a.hunt@cgiar.org UPDATE: July, 2023: Mid-year update on Process Teams, station upgrades, EBS and more At the mid-point of 2023, Breeding Resources Initiative
How can we ensure crop breeding programs best varieties, faster, and more efficiently? CGIAR’s Breeding Resources Initiative (BRI) is working to bring tools, technologies and services to programs in the CGIAR-NARES (national agricultural research and extension systems) networks. Through two short video interviews, Initiative lead Young Wha Lee, and co-Lead Sharifah Shahrul Syed Alwee (Senior Director, CGIAR Breeding Research Services) discuss their
Jason Donovan, Pieter Rutsaert What is ‘Market Intelligence’? Strategies for breeding and seed systems to deliver greater impact will benefit from reliable and comparable evidence on the needs and requirements of farmers, processors and consumers. This includes anticipating how farmers may respond to emerging threats and opportunities in light of seed-sector and product-market evolution and the changing environment. Experts generally
Sitting at the cutting edge of science, the crop breeding domain has been improving and refining tools, technologies and techniques. But adoption by public breeding programs focusing on Africa, Asia, and Latin America has often been slow. This has hindered progress on developing the new varieties needed for farmers to overcome climate impacts, build livelihoods, and feed their communities. But
CGIAR has a rich history of crop breeding results, but modern challenges abound. Too many farmers are still using out-of-date varieties. Climate change is risking crop productivity. And populations in Africa and Asia need more nutritious food now. But we’ve seen a year of major progress under the new One CGIAR structure. The Accelerated Breeding Initiative (ABI) and Excellence in Breeding (EiB)