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Five ways CGIAR accelerated crop breeding in 2022
05.01.23-
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CGIAR has a rich history of crop breeding results, but modern challenges abound. Too many…
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Updates from Accelerated Breeding: 2023
30.05.23-
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Updates from Accelerated Breeding: May 2023 After a year of transition and foundation setting –…
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Genetic gains in Uganda maize breeding are strong – and heading for improvement
17.04.23-
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In the face of complex climate risks in Uganda, maize breeders are ensuring smallholder farmers…
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Data management and analytics in African drylands: Leveraging the power of CGIAR Breeding Analytical Pipeline for data-driven decision making
24.06.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
Breeding is a numbers game, which, being data-driven, needs accurate and precise numbers. The Drylan…
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Accelerated Breeding Initiative expands costing support with a Train-the-Trainer workshop
19.06.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
Understanding costs for better Breeding Programs Since 2018, Accelerated Breeding Initiative (ABI), …
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Shared breeding pipelines improve dryland crops in sub-Saharan Africa
14.06.24-
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An innovative regional shared breeding approach is improving the cultivation and commercial viabilit…
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Soft launch of CGIAR Breeding Analytics Pipeline enables complex quantitative genetic analyses for CGIAR crop breeders
18.04.24-
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Nutrition, health & food security
In late 2023, Breeding Resources Initiative tasked a fast-track team of biometricians with the devel…
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How crop breeding can benefit the environment
08.04.24-
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Modern agricultural practices have enabled food production to meet — and even outpace — demands…
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In a water-challenged world, crop breeders must do more than go with the flow
18.03.24-
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With water sources dwindling and harsher climate conditions on the rise, farmers in the developing…
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IRRI and AfricaRice collaborate on developing and delivering improved and localized rice varieties to smallholder farmers in Africa
18.03.24-
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As a continuation of accelerating and modernizing the breeding programs through the Accelerating Gen…
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How Kenya’s plant breeding stations are investing in women in science
04.03.24-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Also published in Farmers Review Africa, Smart Farmer Kenya, and included in Peoples' Daily, "Challe…
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Rice breeding research becomes globally integrated
12.02.24CGIAR has launched a major new crop-focused global breeding research program that brings together it…
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