Boosting sweetpotato’s productive potential with hybrid breeding

Feb 21, 2023

Sweetpotato has great potential for improving food security, nutrition, and incomes, which is why scientists at the International Potato Center (CIP) and an array of partners have helped more than six million African households adopt improved varieties over the past...

Africa: CIMMYT to Organize a CGIAR varietal enhancement project

Apr 29, 2022

As part of the One CGIAR reform, the Global Science Group in western and eastern Africa, Genetic Innovation will undertake a crop breeding and seed systems project for major crops such as peanuts, sorghum, and millet. The project will be led by the International Maize...