Breeding Variety Release & Maintenance

Current genetic gains are suboptimal especially in relation to investment. The Breeding Variety Release and Maintenance (BVRM) component focuses on research and development of technologies through efficient breeding research programs, that enable and sustain yield gains on various crop varieties. Breeding programs that avail climate-smart, resilient and nutrition dense variety choices to farmers and other end users.

VISION OF A HEALTHY BREEDING PROGRAM:
The basis of comparison is the modern breeding programs that generate better return on investments, measured by the genetic gain delivered to farmers based on consumer/market requirements.