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A new direction for CGIAR crop breeding to invest where it counts
Message from Breeding for Tomorrow (B4T) Interim Director Peter Coaldrake to CGIAR Breeders, National Partners, and Funders. CGIAR has a track record of 50 years of success in the field of crop innovation, credited with spurring the Green Revolution and saving a billion lives, primarily in Asia where many people were on the brink of starvation. Today, as we aim
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How breeding networks are fostering the development of better crop varieties in East Africa
By Dr. Eliud K. Kireger, Director General and Dr. Benjamin Kivuva, Assistant Director, Crop Improvement and Seed Systems Research Programs, Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KARLO) In agriculture for development, collaboration networks play a vital role in the success of research. These networks thrive on the connections between researchers, private companies and public institutions, working together as a system.
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Ugandan breeders take the lead in crop innovation through new grant-based model
By Godfrey Asea, Senior Principal Research Scientist, National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) In Uganda, the need for accelerated agricultural innovation is important and high to achieve increased productivity and national effort on agro-industrial exports. While the population grows rapidly, by close to three percent per year, agricultural productivity lags behind, putting pressure on environment and food security, nutrition, and income
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Potatoes bred at The James Hutton Institute will help to battle a major pest in Kenya
Scientists from The James Hutton Institute have introduced two new potato varieties to Kenya, which are now included in Kenya’s National Variety List. The project was a collaboration with the University of St Andrews, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), the International Potato Center (CIP), and the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), as well as the Kenya Plant
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What is Enable, the new coordination engine supporting CGIAR crop breeding?
By Biswanath Das, Enable Area of Work Lead, CGIAR Breeding for Tomorrow ENABLE is the coordination and support engine of CGIAR Breeding for Tomorrow (B4T) — a cross-functional Area of Work that connects people, processes, and priorities across CGIAR crop improvement networks. We work behind the scenes so that breeding pipelines — national and regional — run more smoothly, partnerships
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Potatoes bred at The James Hutton Institute will help to battle a major pest in Kenya
Scientists from The James Hutton Institute have introduced two new potato varieties to Kenya, which are now included in Kenya’s National Variety List. The project was a collaboration with the University of St Andrews, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), the International Potato Center (CIP), and the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), as well as the Kenya Plant
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What is Enable, the new coordination engine supporting CGIAR crop breeding?
By Biswanath Das, Enable Area of Work Lead, CGIAR Breeding for Tomorrow ENABLE is the coordination and support engine of CGIAR Breeding for Tomorrow (B4T) — a cross-functional Area of Work that connects people, processes, and priorities across CGIAR crop improvement networks. We work behind the scenes so that breeding pipelines — national and regional — run more smoothly, partnerships