Breeding Process or capacity improvement conducted during 2024 in Tanzania

• Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI) has been implementing AVISA to support dryland cereals and legumes in collaboration with CIMMYT. • Product design teams for dryland cereals and legumes was formed in Tanzania. • Market segments and Target Product Profiles (TPP) generated. • As part of breeding assessment, it was recommended to improve breeding infrastructure for some key traits for sorghum, millets, and groundnuts. • Recommendations also includes improvement of a key breeding processes to shorten breeding cycles.