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CGIAR leading the charge: How data analytics is transforming crop breeding
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)12.09.24-
Food security
Los Baños, Philippines (11 September 2024): In the fast-paced world of crop breeding, timing is…
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How CGIAR’s preferred data management platform advances IITA legume breeding
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)03.09.24Cowpea and soybean, two legumes, may not be as widely recognized as wheat or maize,…
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Technical staff at African research stations gain crucial trialling and nursery skills, improving continent-wide crop breeding data
CGIAR Initiative on Breeding Resources06.05.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
Ensuring top-notch equipment reaches breeding research stations worldwide is vital, but equally cruc…
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Soft launch of CGIAR Breeding Analytics Pipeline enables complex quantitative genetic analyses for CGIAR crop breeders
CGIAR Initiative on Breeding Resources18.04.24-
Big data
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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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A new germplasm exchange facility in Kenya is set to boost East Africa food security via roots, tubers and bananas
CGIAR Initiative on Breeding Resources06.05.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
In Muguga, on the outskirts of Nairobi in Kenya, stands a group of greenhouses, nestled…
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Solving Global Climate and Nutrition Challenges Depends on Accelerated Crop Breeding
CGIAR Initiative on Accelerated Breeding05.09.22Humanity’s future is intertwined with the earth’s plants. We need plants for livelihoods, for me…
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New study shows impact of systematizing crop breeding schemes
CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform (EiB)04.09.22A new study finds tremendous potential for continuous improvement and mathematical methods to improv…
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How research stations can be more gender-inclusive
CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform (EiB)29.07.22-
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Both science and agriculture are often male-dominated. But this is starting to change as women…
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CGIAR and national partners move toward stronger crop breeding partnerships to benefit Sub-Saharan African farmers
CGIAR Initiative on Accelerated Breeding11.07.22-
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Africa’s agricultural research institutes are on a clearer path to developing and delivering more …
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With the right tools, tech and shared services, crop breeding will be key to solving global challenges
CGIAR10.06.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Not many organizations can claim to have saved a billion lives. But CGIAR’s crop breeding…
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Researchers in East Africa add the Enterprise Breeding System to their work tools
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)08.06.22-
Big data
Kate Dreher, Data Manager at CIMMYT, presents to scientists, technicians, data management and suppor…
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