Accelerated Breeding

Overview

The Initiative’s work builds on CGIAR’s unparalleled legacy of crop breeding which, in catalyzing the Green Revolution, is credited for saving a billion lives. Activities are focused on the following areas:

• Aligning breeding teams and breeding objectives with farmers’ needs (ReFOCUS)
• ReORGANIZE breeding teams to drive efficiency gains
• TRANSFORM towards inclusive, impactful CGIAR-NARES-SME breeding networks
• Trait discovery and deployment (DISCOVER)
• ACCELERATE population improvement and variety identification