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CGIAR Excellence in Breeding
@CGIAR_EiB
EiB accelerates the modernization of crop breeding programs serving farmers in Africa, Asia and Latin America
excellenceinbreeding.orgJoined August 2018
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CGIAR Excellence in Breeding
@CGIAR_EiB
❓How can we ensure the varieties we develop make their way into farmers' fields & consumers' baskets? 👉Market Intelligence work with cross-disciplinary
@CGIAR
& partner teams to co-design target products meeting user needs & increasing adoption rates 👇
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Collaborative inclusive target product profile development: Bridging stakeholder interests and...
Market Intelligence developed an institutional standard applied by 142 CGIAR and 9 partner breeding programs to co-design 379 gender-intentional target product profiles (TPPs) for 470 market segments...
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CGIAR Excellence in Breeding
@CGIAR_EiB
To meet farmers and consumers' needs in the developing world,
@CGIAR
's Genetic Innovation works with: ➡️ 25+ crops being improved ➡️ 64 countries facing food & climate challenges ➡️ 2000 scientists & staff ➡️ 100+ funders More of GI by the Numbers⬇️
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Infographic shows how CGIAR Genetic Innovation partnerships tackle global challenges
The world faces unprecedented food security, social and environmental challenges. Smallholder farmers in Africa, Asia and Latin America are core to ensuring the world’s most vulnerable people do not...
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CGIAR Excellence in Breeding
@CGIAR_EiB
📺 Watch video: The #Seed Product Market Segment Database (SPMS Database) describes 400+ seed product market segments It describes each market segment’s potential impact & outlines products that can serve that segment Learn how to navigate the data 👇
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CGIAR Seed Product Market Segment Database
The Seed Product Market Segment Database (SPMSD) identifies and describes over 400 seed product market segments. These segments cover 25 crops across ten subregions where CGIAR and NARES currently
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CGIAR Excellence in Breeding
@CGIAR_EiB
In 2022, #rice, #maize, & #wheat breeding programs at
@irri
,
@AfricaRice
,
@CIMMYT
, &
@IITA
deployed the Enterprise Breeding System (EBS), a data management system fit for collaborative network breeding, easy to implement & maintain Meet EBS today👉
ebs.excellenceinbreeding.org
About us - The Enterprise Breeding System
Open-source breeding informatics software being developed for crop breeding programs serving resource-poor farmers in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
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CGIAR Excellence in Breeding
@CGIAR_EiB
🌱
@CGIAR
Genetic Innovation is understanding drivers for crop demand 📈This week in Bankgok: Market Intelligence Initiative WP1 team meet to plan actions, assess progress, review approach to seed product market segmentation and crop-specific discussions
@irri
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CGIAR Excellence in Breeding
@CGIAR_EiB
Sweetpotato crops for nutrition, income, climate resilience “Given the results of population hybrid breeding, breeders could easily develop varieties with almost double the yield of those currently grown in Africa”
@Cipotato
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@USAID
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@gatesfoundation
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Boosting sweetpotato’s productive potential with hybrid breeding - International Potato Center
Sweetpotato has great potential for improving food security, nutrition, and income, which is why scientists at the International Potato Center (CIP) and
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IRRI 🌾
@irri
🌾WHAT IS CLIMATE CHANGE-READY RICE? Climate change-ready rice are new and improved rice varieties with better tolerance to drought, submergence, cold, and salinity. 📹Watch here to know more about climate change-ready rice:
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Philippines scientists develop climate-resistant rice
Follow The Straits Times on YouTube: https://str.sg/ytsubScientists at the International Rice Research Institute are developing varieties of climate-resistan...
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CGIAR Excellence in Breeding
@CGIAR_EiB
Transforming
@CGIAR
crop breeding via: consolidation of the Enterprise Breeding System (EBS) as the only breeding software, adoption of a platform-as-a-service model, and integration with Breeding IT via CGIAR Breeding Resources Initiative
ebs.excellenceinbreeding.org
Building a platform for breeding IT across CGIAR - The Enterprise Breeding System
The Enterprise Breeding System is set to be the only CGIAR breeding data management system. Learn how the transition will take place.
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CGIAR Excellence in Breeding
@CGIAR_EiB
Sweetpotato crops for nutrition, income, climate resilience “Given the results of population hybrid breeding, breeders could easily develop varieties with almost double the yield of those currently grown in Africa”
@Cipotato
/
@USAID
/
@gatesfoundation
cipotato.org
Boosting sweetpotato’s productive potential with hybrid breeding - International Potato Center
Sweetpotato has great potential for improving food security, nutrition, and income, which is why scientists at the International Potato Center (CIP) and
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