The objectives of the meeting, a side event of the African Plant Breeders' Association (APBA) Conference 2025, are to:
- Address challenges in variety release, commercialization, awareness and demand creation
- Build capacity of plant breeders from various NARES
- Foster collaboration among key actors involved in variety release
- Create awareness and demand creation and variety commercialization.
The event will build on earlier AGRA investment on fast tracking variety release and commercialization of climate smart and nutrient dense varieties in 12 countries.
This is the first side meeting of plant breeders organized by AGRA at APBA to share best practices on variety release and commercialization.
Speakers from Breeding for Tomorrow will participate in this meeting to share experience from Africa and beyond, facilitating information sharing with NARES breeders from other countries.
About AGRA:
AGRA is an African-led institution focused on scaling agricultural innovations that help smallholder farmers towards increased incomes, better livelihoods, and improved food security. In short, AGRA’s mission is to transform the lives of smallholder farmers from that of a solitary struggle for survival to a business that thrives.
