Strengthening Breeding Capacity through Digital Innovation: IRRI Conducts EBS End-User Training in Tanzania
From 8–13 September 2025, IRRI conducted Enterprise Breeding System (EBS) End-User Training in Tanzania, engaging researchers from IRRI and TARI across Uyole and Dakawa stations. Led by Michael Gituma, the sessions enhanced digital capacity, strengthened collaboration, and empowered participants to apply EBS for more efficient, data-driven breeding practices.
IRRI Hosts Train-the-Trainer Program on Enterprise Breeding System (EBS)
From September 8–12, 2025, IRRI hosted a Train-the-Trainer program on the Enterprise Breeding System (EBS) for PhilRice selected staff. The five-day course-built skills in system management and data handling, empowering participants to strengthen institutional capacity, promote EBS adoption, and advance collaborative, data-driven breeding across national programs.
EBS Showcased at the 2nd International Symposium on Data-driven Intelligent Breeding in Maize
The Second International Symposium on Data-driven Intelligent Breeding in Maize showcased how digital innovation is transforming crop improvement. CGIAR’s Breeding Resources Digital Solutions team presented the Enterprise Breeding System, highlighting its role in accelerating breeding cycles, advancing data-driven decisions, and strengthening global collaboration for resilient, food-secure futures.
Engineering for Impact: 4 Years of Building, Breaking, and Believing
Dinia Grace Gepte (Breeding Analytics Software Engineering Senior Specialist) shares her best practices in a session titled Engineering for Impact last August 7, 2025 at IRRI HQ.
DS Open Spaces: Tackling burnout, saying no, and paving happy paths
To drive best practices and shape organizational culture, team members need to know and feel that their insights, and their limits, are heard and valued. This was the highlight of the Digital Solutions (DS) unit’s third installment of its Open Spaces.
DS Open Spaces: Creating the ideal organizational culture through dialogue
The 2nd DS Open Space session was held as part of the internal effort to build an ideal organizational culture.
Latest EBS version features enhanced integration and flexibility
Check out the 6 highlights of the latest EBS release! 🚀
IITA crop programs push for digital and seamless data collection with EBS
A 2-day workshop for field staff and breeders was conducted to demonstrate the cross-platform integration between EBS and the Field Book mobile application on 14-15 April 2025 at IITA Headquarters in Ibadan.
Powering crop breeding efficiency for key teams at the Alliance Bioversity & CIAT
EBS, a comprehensive, integrated, and intuitive breeding data management system preferred by the CGIAR, is now powering the tropical forages program and is also set to boost breeding efficiency for cassava and beans—befitting of a modern breeding enterprise.
Digital breeding platforms made more robust and reliable with internal upskilling sessions
To equip team members with the skills needed to holistically support the digital product life cycle, an internal Application Programming Interface (API) Testing Workshop was held on 01 July 2025 for staff based at the IRRI HQ, Philippines.