CGIAR Excellence in Breeding (EIB) Platform

http://excellenceinbreeding.org/

Environmental health and biodiversity
News

Upgraded technology at the KALRO research station will optimize breeding and seed systems’ work so that scientists can provide better varieties to farmers.

Capacity development
News

Significant discoveries have been made for the potential improvement of production of groundnut in sub-Saharan Africa.

Capacity development
News

Scientists, research technicians and data managers learn functionalities and applications of EBS during in-person training in Nairobi.

Innovations
News

The AVISA project aims to improve the health and livelihoods of millions by increasing the productivity, profitability, resilience and marketability of nutritious grain, legumes and cereal crops.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
Explainers

Over millennia, natural selection and humans have systematically adapted the plant species that provide food and other vital products, changing their physical and genetic makeup for enhanced productivity, nutrition and resilience. Plant breeders apply science to continue improving crop varieties, making them more productive and better adapted to climate extremes, insects, drought and diseases.

Capacity development
News

New equipment will speed up and enhance the accuracy of national breeding processes including seed preparation, data collection and inventory management.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
In the media

Source: The Guardian (27 Apr 2021)

Matthew Reynolds talked to The Guardian’s Science Weekly podcast about the process of creating climate- and heat-resistant crops.

Innovations
Features

CIMMYT partner seed company supports smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa with stress-tolerant seed against biotic and abiotic stresses.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
Features

A ten-year partnership led by CIMMYT and IITA tackles climate-induced risks in maize production, developing and deploying new climate-adaptive varieties benefiting over 8 million households in sub-Saharan Africa.

Capacity development
News

Molecular breeding experts learn about state-of-the-art data analysis and visualization tools at Wheat Initiative workshops.

Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Features

On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, CGIAR and CIMMYT scientists share their career journeys.

Capacity development
News

National breeding programs prepped to measure – and boost – genetic gains.

Environmental health and biodiversity
Blogs

This World Soil Day, explore how breeding success is inextricably linked to how we address soil degradation.