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EBS, presented at APBA Conference 2023, gains recognition as CGIAR’s preferred breeding data management solution

EBS was showcased at a dedicated parallel session and featured in a conference poster at the 2023 edition of the African Plant Breeders Association (APBA) Conference held in Benguerir, Morocco, from October 23-26.

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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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CGIAR announces new breeding data strategy and endorses single data platform

To boost the efficiency and sustainability of its data-driven breeding efforts, CGIAR has endorsed a new strategy ensuring all network partners use a single data system. The strategy also creates a new organizational unit to manage, develop, and maintain data management tools.

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East and Southern Africa partners learn modern breeding strategies and efficient data management

IRRI’s training focused on enhancing skills in experiment planning and management using EBS, digitization of data collection, ensuring high-quality data, and effective data analysis and interpretation.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.