Breeding for Tomorrow transdisciplinary teams synthesized learnings from over 130 national stakeholder consultations and defined a Product Design Standard for breeding that follows best practices and is aligned with CGIAR 5 impact areas.
A meeting was held recently held in Nairobi to advance the design and integration of on-farm verification trials (OFVT) as a core component of breeding pipelines going forward.
Improving crops has never been more relevant but funding is tighter while expectations are rising. How did CGIAR crop improvement Science Program, Breeding for Tomorrow, respond to this reality in 2025?