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Knowledge Exchange Program concludes CIAT-Forage programs’ EBS adoption

A two-week Knowledge Exchange Program (KEP) was hosted by the Enterprise Breeding System’s (EBS) adoption team at the International Rice Research Institute Headquarters (IRRI HQ) from 13-24 January 2025.

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Bunmi Bossey

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ICARDA concludes EBS adoption training session empowering breeders and technicians for enhanced data management

The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) in Morocco recently benefitted from a three-day adoption training session, focusing on introducing breeders and technicians to a new tool to support effective data management as part of the Enterprise Breeding System (EBS) adoption initiative.

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EBS Internal Services conducts PaaS workshop

The Enterprise Breeding System’s (EBS) Internal Services (IS) team facilitated a workshop on 14 September 2023 at the IKS Commons, IRRI Headquarters to capacitate internal staff as the system is being readied to be migrated to Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS).

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EBS presented at AFACI, NARES-IRRI advancement meetings

The Enterprise Breeding System (EBS) was showcased at two important events in 2023, including the National Agricultural Research and Extension Systems (NARES) – International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) breeding network’s Annual Joint Advancement Meeting in East and Southern Africa and the Asian Food and Agriculture Cooperation Initiative’s (AFACI) advancement meeting at the IRRI Headquarters.

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Empowering maize breeders: IITA’s training on EBS new features leads the way

To empower maize breeders and research support teams and elevate breeding standards, IITA organized a 2-day training workshop on the core functionalities of EBS. Facilitated by Simon Imoro and Bunmi Bossey, the training aimed to equip participants with practical skills to navigate the system’s recent upgrades and novel features.

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IRRI conducts Enterprise Breeding System (EBS) Training towards increasing its adoption in South Asia

The training aimed at increasing the uptake of EBS, promoting good data management practices, and enabling efficient data-driven breeding decisions.

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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.