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Building a platform for breeding IT across CGIAR

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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Bunmi Bossey

“EBS is an all-in-one tool that will help any Center to modernize their work”

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Update

Development underway on EBS Milestone 6 functionalities

Developers are working on over a hundred new or improved functionalities in the August 2022 to January 2023 period, following a series of global meetings that distilled user requirements into a realistic blueprint for the Enterprise Breeding System (EBS) Milestone 6 release.

Training

In-person Enterprise Breeding System training held in East Africa

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) Scientists overseeing breeding, principal technicians and data management and support teams underwent an in-person training on the Enterprise Breeding System (EBS) —the first in Eastern Africa, on May 4th- 6th 2022 in Nairobi, Kenya.

Partner news

IITA and partners launch EBS-Maize Platform to modernize breeding programs

IITA, Excellence in Breeding (EiB), International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), and other partners launched the Enterprise Breeding System (EBS) for maize breeding data management on 22 April.

Update

A transformational breeding data management system goes online at CGIAR centers

The EBS project celebrated an important milestone as adoption started at IITA, IRRI and CIMMYT.

Video

EBS Town Hall: How users are involved in development and the way forward

On 26 October 2021, with the first functional version of the software bring released, over 100 EBS staff and stakeholders came together to hear from the breeders involved in development and the roadmap for future releases.

Blog

New platform harnesses data – and unleashes breeders’ time

A bold new data management platform, the Enterprise Breeding System (EBS), is helping breeders harness the power of data, save time, and make the best breeding decisions. EiB has just released a faster, more feature-filled version.