CRP Excellence in Breeding outputs
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Item ISPC Assessment of the Excellence in Breeding Platform (EiB) revised proposal (2017-2022)(Independent Commentary, 2016-09-14) CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership CouncilItem Cross-Cutting Learning from Evaluations: CGIAR Excellence in Breeding and Big Data in agriculture Platforms(Brief, 2022-09) CGIAR Independent Advisory and Evaluation ServiceThis cross-cutting brief analyzes learning and recommendations by five themes (governance, gender, partnerships, people, and capacities, and monitoring, evaluation, and learning) across the CGIAR Excellence in Breeding (EiB) Platform and Platform for Big Data in Agriculture evaluations. Lessons from the brief are intended to be applied across CGIAR's portfolio and to inform interventions outside CGIAR that pursue similar objectivesItem Evaluation of CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform(Evaluation Report, 2022-08) McHugh, Karen; Morgan, Vanda; Ragot, Michel; Acharjee, Sumita; Noma, FreddyThe Evaluation of CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform (EiB) responds to the request of the System Council (the 2022-24 multi-year evaluation plan) to provide CGIAR with evaluative evidence for accountability and learning. The evaluation and its validation were conducted between August 2021 and April 2022; it is the first evaluation delivered since the approval of the CGIAR Evaluation Framework and Policy (2022). The evaluation assessed the design, implementation, and achievement of the EiB Platform’s objectives based on the evaluation criteria of relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability. An evaluation expert led the team, which included three subject matter experts, and an analyst. The evaluation followed a mixed-method approach including: an online survey (65 respondents); 71 semi-structured key informant interviews, including four in-person interviews in India; document analysis; and deep dives into five EiB Platform modules and three breeding programs. Across the evaluation lifecycle, a multilayered quality assurance (QA) system was followed, as outlined in the terms of reference (TOR), approved by the Strategic Impact Monitoring and Evaluation Committee (SIMEC), and the inception report. The QA process included external peer review at three stages of the evaluation. As part of the expanded QA, a robust validation process (Annex 2) engaged further external subject matter and evaluation expertise. The validation exercise allowed additional data collection, further triangulation toward validated findings and conclusions, and an opportunity to enact the standards from the Evaluation Framework. The evaluation made nine core actionable recommendations targeted to the CGIAR System and the Genetic Innovation Action Area including its Initiatives: 7 were fully accepted and 2 partially accepted. Read the evaluation report and its annexes. Download the Management Response to the Evaluation.Item Annual report 2021: CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform(Annual Report, 2022-06) CGIAR Excellence in Breeding PlatformItem Annual report 2020: CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform(Annual Report, 2021-08) CGIAR Excellence in Breeding PlatformItem Annual report 2019: CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform(Annual Report, 2020-07) CGIAR Excellence in Breeding PlatformItem CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform - Plan of Work and Budget 2020(Internal Document, 2020-02) CGIAR Excellence in Breeding PlatformAt the end of 2019, all CGIAR centers had submitted improvement plans based on an EiB template and in close collaboration with EiB staff while – in a parallel process with breeding programs, funders and private sector representatives – a vision for breeding program modernization was developed and presented to CGIAR breeding leadership at the EiB Annual Meeting. This vision represents an evolution of EiB in the context of the Crops to End Hunger Initiative (CtEH) beyond the initial scope of providing tools, services and expert advice, and serves as a guide for Center leadership to drive changes with EiB support. In addition, EiB has taken the role of managing and disbursing funding, made available by Funders via CtEH to modernize breeding and enable CGIAR breeding programs to implement the vision provided by EiB.Item CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform - Plan of Work and Budget 2019(Internal Document, 2019-01) CGIAR Excellence in Breeding PlatformThe CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform has been established to enable change within CGIAR breeding networks toward higher rates of genetic gain and scale of impact per dollar invested. The Crops to End Hunger Initiative has been established by the funders to achieve the same outcome, and EiB is developing specific measures to reflect the involvement of the Initiative.Item Annual report 2018: CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform(Annual Report, 2019) CGIAR Excellence in Breeding PlatformItem Annual report 2017: CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform(Annual Report, 2018-08-01) CGIAR Excellence in Breeding PlatformThe platform leader was hired in August of 2017. The platform leader, Michael Quinn, and CIMMYT DDG, Marianne Bänziger, visited a large number of CGIAR-supported breeding programs – Africa Rice (Nigeria), CIAT (Colombia), CIMMYT (Kenya, India, Mexico), CIP (Kenya, Peru), ICRAF (Kenya), ICRISAT (Kenya, India), IITA (Nigeria), ILRI (Kenya), BeCA (Kenya), IRRI (Philippines, India), WorldFish (Malaysia) – to better understand challenges, needs and opportunities, and to explain how EiB can provide value to CGIAR breeding institutions and how best to work with EiB. A membership agreement that describes the commitments expected of breeding programs participating in EiB and the benefits they can expect to receive in turn was developed and distributed to CGIAR institutions. Signed membership agreements were returned from most CGIAR breeding programs.Item CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform - Plan of Work and Budget 2017(Internal Document, 2017-04-01) CGIAR Excellence in Breeding PlatformItem CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform - Plan of Work and Budget 2018(Internal Document, 2018-05-01) CGIAR Excellence in Breeding PlatformCGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform - Plan of Work and Budget for 2018Item CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform: CGIAR Portfolio 2017-2022 Program Leaflet(Brochure, 2017-05-14) CGIAR System Management OfficeItem Excellence in Breeding: Full Proposal 2017-2022(Proposal, 2016-08-12) CGIAR Excellence in Breeding PlatformImportance of genetic improvement: Over the past decades, genetic improvement has increased agricultural productivity, reduced the pressure on forests, changed the nutritional profile of crops, and made agricultural production more resilient to diseases, pests and droughts. Without genetic improvement, food prices would be substantially higher and more forest land would have been lost to agriculture (Evenson and Gollin, 2003; Stevenson et al., 2013). It is estimated that between 30-60% of the yield increases in farmers’ fields can be traced back to breeders changing the genetic make-up of crops, while the rest is due to improved agronomy aligned with better functioning markets and extension systems. Relevant to the developing world, stress tolerance breeding has also resulted in yield increases under conditions that are similar to farmers’ real conditions such as drought, low fertility, and waterlogging (Septiningsih et al., 2008; Weber et al., 2013), and averted losses or restored production after the emergence of new devastating diseases (Singh et al., 2011). Research into nutritional traits has resulted in the first bio-fortified crops being released and grown by farmers (Johnson et al., 2015). Examples in livestock include, in the developed world, the myostatin gene (Grobet et al., 1997) and increased milk yields in cattle and, in the developing world, the prolificacy Booroola genes in sheep (Nimbkar et al., 2005).Item Excellence in Breeding: Full Proposal 2017-2022 Addenda(Proposal, 2016-08-11) CGIAR Excellence in Breeding PlatformItem Excellence in Breeding: Full Proposal 2017-2022 Cover Letter(Proposal, 2016-08-11) CGIAR Excellence in Breeding PlatformItem Genetic Gains Platform Budget and Budget Narratives(Proposal, 2016-04) CGIAR Excellence in Breeding PlatformGenetic Gains Platform Budget and Budget NarrativesItem CGIAR Platform on Genetic Gains(Proposal, 2016-04) CGIAR Excellence in Breeding PlatformTools and services to accelerate genetic gains of breeding programs targeting the developing world. The Proposal in its current form was developed with contributions by the following institutions. In the next months, it will be circulated much more widely to the public and private sector to attract wider intellectual contributions to a common agenda.Item Genetic Gains Platform cover letter(Proposal, 2016-04) CGIAR Excellence in Breeding PlatformGenetic Gains Platform cover letter