Program/accelerator:

Breeding for Tomorrow

We aim to develop and deliver a portfolio of climate-resilient, market-preferred, and nutritious crops, livestock, and aquatic species that make food systems more productive, resilient, inclusive, and sustainable.  

By leveraging breeding modernization, market intelligence, and strengthened partnerships, we will improve seed systems,  boost agricultural productivity and resilience, reduce hunger, and enhance sustainability, particularly in the Global South. 

Our work aims to help

  • Reduce chronic hunger by 29%
  • Address hidden hunger by 21%
  • Create an economic surplus of US$ 182 billion

Where we will work in

Central and West Asia and North Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, South and Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa

Challenges we’ll address

  • Optimizing crops for mechanization, longer shelf-lives, simpler processing, and climate resilience to provide for the Global South’s growing populations
  • Lowering agricultural costs without sacrificing nutrition
  • Improve environmental sustainability

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Gender & Social Inclusion

Breeding for Tomorrow will proactively engage women and other socially disadvantaged groups – such as the youth and indigenous communities – in their multiple roles as smallholders, seed-entrepreneurs, food producers, processors, traders, and consumers.

Our Approach

Interlinked support across CGIAR’s portfolio

We will work closely with the Better Diets and Nutrition, Climate Action, Genebanks, Policy Innovations, Scaling for Impact, Sustainable Animal and Aquatic Foods, Sustainable Farming programs, and the Capacity Sharing, Digital Transformation, and Gender Equality & Inclusion accelerators.

Working to share our capacity with

  • National partners
  • Non-partner countries, regions, and global platforms
  • Scientists

Built on CGIAR’s proven expertise

  • A global research infrastructure with an improved and diverse germplasm and direct access to its genebanks
  • Established advanced breeding technologies
  • A growing transdisciplinary expert network of globally renown international scientists, economists, breeders. climate change experts, and agronomists
  • A trusted partner for local stakeholders across regions
  • A strategic edge in delivering high-level outputs aligned with market and social needs
  • A global, multi-product and multi-Impact Area mandate that allows us to set global standards for market intelligence and
  • market-driven design of breeding products