
CGIAR Breeding for Tomorrow
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Working toward rapid crop improvement, seed system development & genetic resource stewardship - for climate, enviro, livelihood, nutrition & gender solutions
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🌱 What are breakthrough products in crop breeding? ✅ 25% improvement over current varieties ✅ Game-changing traits, eg hybrids over OPVs ✅ Focused pipelines & TPPs Join us June 5 as Christian Werner explores if population improvement drives them 📩 [email protected] for link



🚀Mid-year review of #AcceleratedBreeding Scaling Breeding Operations (SBO) grant to NARO Uganda ✅ 600+ farmers surveyed on cassava & matooke needs ✅ Founder lines defined ✅ Maize germplasm sent for MLN screening & DH induction ✅On-farm trials scaling up with 1000FARMS Trials Platform



What’s next for breeders in data management? At IRRI 🌾 🇵🇭 13 prototypes from #BrAPI Hackathon showcased: 📸 Field Book–EBS image syncing 🔄 EBS–Bioflow data exchange 🧬 Genotypic/sample data pipelines 🔍 Collab with Intercross, Artemis:Ona Learn more 👇 ebs.excellenceinbreeding.org/digital-soluti…

🧬Breeders shouldn’t be stuck in spreadsheets -especially during crucial breeding steps #Bioflow, built by #AcceleratedBreeding & #BreedingResources, automates key calculations so teams can focus on better decisions: cgiar-market-intelligence.shinyapps.io/bioflow/ 🎥 Watch Lorena Batista explain:



🎉 Hugo Campos of International Potato Center & #BreedingforTomorrow leadership is named a 2025 Top Agri-food Pioneer by World Food Prize Foundation ! His work modernizing root, tuber & banana breeding across 15 African countries is transforming #CGIAR crop breeding for real impact👇 worldfoodprize.org/index.cfm?node…




ICRISAT will act as the South Asia hub for Breeding Resources under CGIAR's Breeding for Tomorrow (B4T) Science Program (CGIAR Breeding for Tomorrow), offering shared tools and services to accelerate crop improvement and drive agricultural innovation. This system-wide harmonization will



🍅🌶️Tomatoes & peppers are vital to diets & economies in #Africa & #Asia. World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg) & CGIAR are teaming up to breed the next-gen varieties! 🔎A new #MarketIntelligence brief maps out tomato & pepper market segments in Africa 📄 Read: hdl.handle.net/10568/174902 Highligths ⤵️


CGIAR Breeding for Tomorrow's #BreedingResources now offers X-ray fluorescence (XRF) services to support faster, more efficient screening of micronutrients in crops! Powered by HarvestPlus via CGIAR online request portal🎉 📅 Join the webianr: July 17, 3PM EAT 📩 RSVP: [email protected]


🎉Congrats to Manzoor Dar ICRISAT named one of the World Food Prize Foundation 2025 Top Agri-Food Pioneers! From seed systems strategy to climate-resilient rice adoption, his work ensures CGIAR improved varieties reach farmers, a work that continues under CGIAR Breeding for Tomorrow #InclusiveDelivery
