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CGIAR Breeding for Tomorrow

@cgiarbreeding

Working toward rapid crop improvement, seed system development & genetic resource stewardship - for climate, enviro, livelihood, nutrition & gender solutions

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🚀In just 3 years, #AcceleratedBreeding helped release 934 crop varieties across 21 crops with 1,200+ partners, many climate-resilient or biofortified 🌱Reaching regions where 50–100M people live on <$2.15/day. Impact through smarter, faster breeding 👇 cgiar.org/flipbook-page/…

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Since 2022, #AcceleratedBreeding Transform has united CGIAR & NARES to: 🔹 Define 400+ Target Product Profiles for 15 crops 🔹 Assess 120+ breeding programs 🔹 Build regional leadership 🔹 Standardize network agreements Learn more about next steps 👇 cgiar.org/news-events/ne…

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🚨 Slow adoption of CGIAR crop varieties = missed impact From 2022–24, #MarketIntelligenceInitiative brought data, demand & diverse expertise into breeding decisions: ✅ 468 Target Product Profiles ✅ Tools for investment ✅ Gender-responsive frameworks cgiar.org/flipbook-page/…

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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

🌱 What are breakthrough products in crop breeding?

✅ 25% improvement over current varieties
✅ Game-changing traits, eg hybrids over OPVs
✅ Focused pipelines &amp; TPPs
Join us June 5 as Christian Werner explores if population improvement drives them
📩 j.puech@cgiar.org for link
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💡 For every $1 invested, CGIAR returns $10 in benefits A report by SoAR Foundation shows CGIAR’s work in ag research & crop breeding boosts food security, economies & resilience 🌍 The case for funding CGIAR has never been stronger! 🔗 Read more: supportagresearch.org/the-payoff-to-…

💡 For every $1 invested, <a href="/CGIAR/">CGIAR</a> returns $10 in benefits

A report by <a href="/supportagresrch/">SoAR Foundation</a> shows CGIAR’s work in ag research &amp; crop breeding boosts food security, economies &amp; resilience

🌍 The case for funding CGIAR has never been stronger!

🔗 Read more: supportagresearch.org/the-payoff-to-…
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🚀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

🚀Mid-year review of #AcceleratedBreeding Scaling Breeding Operations (SBO) grant to <a href="/narouganda/">NARO Uganda</a> 

✅ 600+ farmers surveyed on cassava &amp; matooke needs
✅ Founder lines defined
✅ Maize germplasm sent for MLN screening &amp; DH induction
✅On-farm trials scaling up with <a href="/1000farms/">1000FARMS Trials Platform</a>
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How do we deliver better varieties, faster? 🧬 900+ CGIAR-NARES varieties in 66 countries (2022–2024) 📊 Data-driven Target Product Profiles 👥 90+ expert consults in 16 countries 🎯 Smarter pipelines = bigger impact Science aligned with farmer needs 👇 cgiar.org/initiative-res…

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🤝At the June #BrAPI Hackathon hosted by IRRI 🌾 CGIAR #BreedingResources team joined 50+ global experts to advance data integration in crop breeding, tackling phenotyping, genotyping QC, AI, Enterprise Breeding System–Bioflow–AgPile connection & more! ebs.excellenceinbreeding.org/digital-soluti…

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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…

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🧬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:

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📢#BreedingResources Digital team is at Asian Development Bank Asia Pacific #DigitalTransformation Forum The team is showing high-level government officials how CGIAR data + digital tools (EBS, #Bioflow, AgPile) power impact for 370M+ people & generate value 📍ADB HQ, #Manila #Philipines

📢#BreedingResources Digital team is at <a href="/ADB_HQ/">Asian Development Bank</a>  Asia Pacific #DigitalTransformation Forum

The team is showing high-level government officials how <a href="/CGIAR/">CGIAR</a> data + digital tools (EBS, #Bioflow, AgPile) power impact for 370M+ people &amp; generate value 

📍ADB HQ, #Manila #Philipines
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Yesterday we bid farewell to Dr. Sharifah Syed Alwee, Sr. Director for #BreedingResources at CGIAR Her vision and leadership transformed how services are delivered: streamlined, data-driven, and impact-focused. Thank you, Sharifah - you will be deeply missed! 👏🌱

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🎉 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…

🎉 Hugo Campos of <a href="/Cipotato/">International Potato Center</a> &amp; #BreedingforTomorrow leadership is named a 2025 Top Agri-food Pioneer by <a href="/WorldFoodPrize/">World Food Prize Foundation</a> !

His work modernizing root, tuber &amp; banana breeding across 15 African countries is transforming #CGIAR crop breeding for real impact👇
worldfoodprize.org/index.cfm?node…
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🌱 Do you want to know how to bred for where it matters? Join Christian Werner tomorrow for a CGIAR #AcceleratedBreeding webinar on genetic gains in Target Population of Environments (TPE) & how GxE influences it 🗓️ July 3 ⏲️ 4–5 PM EAT 📩 RSVP: [email protected]

🌱 Do you want to know how to bred for where it matters?

Join Christian Werner tomorrow for a <a href="/CGIAR/">CGIAR</a> #AcceleratedBreeding webinar on genetic gains in Target Population of Environments (TPE) &amp; how GxE influences it

🗓️ July 3
⏲️ 4–5 PM EAT
📩 RSVP: j.puech@cgiar.org
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🌾Southeast Asia grows 28% of the world’s rice, but climate change is reshaping the game IRRI 🌾 is aligning rice breeding with real-world challenges, beyond yield alone, working on traits like DSR, nutrient-use efficiency... 📘 #MarketIntelligence brief: lnkd.in/dpHba5Hy

🌾Southeast Asia grows 28% of the world’s rice, but climate change is reshaping the game

<a href="/irri/">IRRI 🌾</a> is aligning rice breeding with real-world challenges, beyond yield alone, working on traits like DSR, nutrient-use efficiency...

📘 #MarketIntelligence brief: lnkd.in/dpHba5Hy
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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

ICRISAT will act as the South Asia hub for Breeding Resources under <a href="/CGIAR/">CGIAR</a>'s Breeding for Tomorrow (B4T) Science Program (<a href="/CGIARbreeding/">CGIAR Breeding for Tomorrow</a>), offering shared tools and services to accelerate crop improvement and drive agricultural innovation.

This system-wide harmonization will
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Mozambique is making rice breeding more market-responsive!🌾🇲🇿 With IRRI 🌾, IIAM & CGIAR Breeding for Tomorrow #AcceleratedBreeding, national teams just finalized rice market segments & TPPs prioritizing: 🍚 Grain quality 🌿 Stress tolerance 📈 Yield ⏱️ Maturity 👇 cgiar.org/news-events/ne…

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🍅🌶️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 ⤵️

🍅🌶️Tomatoes &amp; peppers are vital to diets &amp; economies in #Africa &amp; #Asia. <a href="/WorldVegCenter/">World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg)</a> &amp; <a href="/CGIAR/">CGIAR</a> are teaming up to breed the next-gen varieties!

🔎A new #MarketIntelligence brief maps out tomato &amp; pepper market segments in Africa

📄 Read: hdl.handle.net/10568/174902 Highligths ⤵️
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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]

<a href="/CGIARbreeding/">CGIAR Breeding for Tomorrow</a>'s #BreedingResources now offers X-ray fluorescence (XRF) services to support faster, more efficient screening of micronutrients in crops!

Powered by <a href="/HarvestPlus/">HarvestPlus</a> via <a href="/CGIAR/">CGIAR</a> online request portal🎉

📅 Join the webianr: July 17, 3PM EAT
📩 RSVP: j.puech@cgiar.org
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🎉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

🎉Congrats to <a href="/mhdarson/">Manzoor Dar</a> <a href="/ICRISAT/">ICRISAT</a> named one of the <a href="/WorldFoodPrize/">World Food Prize Foundation</a> 2025 Top Agri-Food Pioneers!

From seed systems strategy to climate-resilient rice adoption, his work ensures <a href="/CGIAR/">CGIAR</a> improved varieties reach farmers, a work that continues under <a href="/CGIARbreeding/">CGIAR Breeding for Tomorrow</a> #InclusiveDelivery