Our team of consultants will be travelling to Nigeria at the end of November to carry out assessments of IITA’s breeding programs of soybean, cowpea, maize, yam and plantain (banana).
Upcoming assessments of multiple crops in Nigeria
IITA welcomes BPAT
In August 2017, BPAT leader Dr Chris Lambrides, visited IITA in Ibadan, Nigeria, to organise BPATs of the cassava, yam, soybean, cowpea, maize and plantain (banana) breeding programs.
BPAT attends DGGW summit
In August 2017, the BPAT team attended the UK summit in London, as part of the Delivering Genetic Gain in Wheat (DGGW) project, run by Cornell University.
BPAT assesses IITA and NARO Banana breeding programs in Africa
In May 2017, the BPAT team of assessors travelled to IITA (International Institute for Tropical Agricultrue) and NARO (National Agricultural Research Organisation) to review 3 banana breeding programs.
BPAT assessment of CIMMYT breeding programs
In March 2017, the BPAT team of assessors, traveled to CIMMYT in Mexico, to review the wheat breeding program.
Drought resistant sorghum for Ethiopia
Dr David Jordan and Dr Emma Mace (QAAFI) interviewed by Channel 7 (Toowoomba, QLD, Australia) A Warwick research facility is wrapping up a project, funded by Bill Gates, to develop drought-resistant sorghum for use in Ethiopia. (SOURCE: 7 News Toowoomba
ICRISAT workshop based on BPAT assessments
The results from the BPAT reviews (done in November 2016) were used in a workshop held for ICRISAT cooperators to help guide breeding programs in improving their targeting, speed, scale, efficiency, quality (control, precision, and accuracy) according to each partner’s
BPAT assessment of ICRISAT breeding programs
In November 2016, the BPAT team of assessors, traveled to ICRISAT in India, to review 5 major breeding programs :- sorghum, pearlmillet, pigeonpea, groundnut and chickpea.
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