Modern agricultural practices have enabled food production to meet — and even outpace — demands from growing populations. But the rapid growth in production has often come at the cost of significant land and water degradation, biodiversity losses and increased greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). This month’s Earth Day underscores our need to ensure agriculture can roll out environmental solutions — or at least mitigate
In late 2023, Breeding Resources Initiative tasked a fast-track team of biometricians with the development of a Breeding Analytics Pipeline to support CGIAR crop breeding activities, with the endorsement of Genetic Innovation leadership. The tool is now available to internal users. The Breeding Analytics (BA) Pipeline as a cutting-edge tool designed to guide decision-making processes in global crop breeding. It
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
At KEPHIS Plant Quarantine and Biosecurity Station in Muguga, Kenya, CGIAR is developing a germplasm exchange laboratory. This facility will ease the testing, cleaning, and multiplication processes for improved roots, tubers, and bananas, facilitating their rapid dissemination throughout East Africa. In a computer room at the KEPHIS RTB tissue culture lab, we meet Rosemary Gatimu, Research Assistant for the International
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
CGIAR INITIATIVES Accelerated Breeding Primary Impact Area Nutrition, health & food security Related Impact Areas
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