Costing of the breeding operations for the national maize programs in Eastern and Southern Africa
The Genetic Innovation Initiative on Accelerated Breeding (ABI) of The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) has been supporting the costing of breeding operations for the CGIAR-National Agricultural Research and Extension Systems-Small to Medium Enterprises (CGIAR-NARES-...
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| author | Das, Biswanath Mutiga, Samuel Kilonzo Odiyo, Olivia Madahana, Sammy Larry Milić, Dragan Sinyinda, Lubasi Mwansa, Kabamba Mukaro, Ronica Chaingeni, Davison Asea, Godfrey Kwemoi, Daniel Bomet Musundire, Lennin |
| author_browse | Asea, Godfrey Chaingeni, Davison Das, Biswanath Kwemoi, Daniel Bomet Madahana, Sammy Larry Milić, Dragan Mukaro, Ronica Musundire, Lennin Mutiga, Samuel Kilonzo Mwansa, Kabamba Odiyo, Olivia Sinyinda, Lubasi |
| author_facet | Das, Biswanath Mutiga, Samuel Kilonzo Odiyo, Olivia Madahana, Sammy Larry Milić, Dragan Sinyinda, Lubasi Mwansa, Kabamba Mukaro, Ronica Chaingeni, Davison Asea, Godfrey Kwemoi, Daniel Bomet Musundire, Lennin |
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| description | The Genetic Innovation Initiative on Accelerated Breeding (ABI) of The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) has been supporting the costing of breeding operations for the CGIAR-National Agricultural Research and Extension Systems-Small to Medium Enterprises (CGIAR-NARES-SME's) crop breeding networks. The aim is to help these breeding programs to accurately estimate operational costs, develop precise budgets, set appropriate service fees, and choose the best technologies for increased genetic gains. Breeding programs are being guided in using the University of Queensland's open-source breeding costing tool (UQ-BPCT). This paper outlines the costing strategy and demonstrates the tool's utility using data from national breeding programs in Uganda (NARO), Zambia (ZARI), and Zimbabwe (DR&SS). Results show that the percentage of budgets allocated to germplasm development ranged from 25% (DR&SS) to 52% (NARO), with conventional methods costing 7 to 47 times more than doubled haploids. Costs for trials varied, with ZARI spending 14% and DR&SS spending 51%. In one breeding cycle, NARO released 5 hybrid varieties, ZARI 2, and DR&SS 1. The programs can be optimized by implementing several strategies: adopting an Enterprise Breeding System, incorporating digital technologies for disease screening and phenotyping, network-based procurement of consumables, using modern breeding techniques like doubled haploids, genomic selection, and speed breeding to shorten cycles, and training personnel for more efficient resource use. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1790982025-12-20T02:09:00Z Costing of the breeding operations for the national maize programs in Eastern and Southern Africa Das, Biswanath Mutiga, Samuel Kilonzo Odiyo, Olivia Madahana, Sammy Larry Milić, Dragan Sinyinda, Lubasi Mwansa, Kabamba Mukaro, Ronica Chaingeni, Davison Asea, Godfrey Kwemoi, Daniel Bomet Musundire, Lennin breeding programmes resource allocation maize cost analysis The Genetic Innovation Initiative on Accelerated Breeding (ABI) of The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) has been supporting the costing of breeding operations for the CGIAR-National Agricultural Research and Extension Systems-Small to Medium Enterprises (CGIAR-NARES-SME's) crop breeding networks. The aim is to help these breeding programs to accurately estimate operational costs, develop precise budgets, set appropriate service fees, and choose the best technologies for increased genetic gains. Breeding programs are being guided in using the University of Queensland's open-source breeding costing tool (UQ-BPCT). This paper outlines the costing strategy and demonstrates the tool's utility using data from national breeding programs in Uganda (NARO), Zambia (ZARI), and Zimbabwe (DR&SS). Results show that the percentage of budgets allocated to germplasm development ranged from 25% (DR&SS) to 52% (NARO), with conventional methods costing 7 to 47 times more than doubled haploids. Costs for trials varied, with ZARI spending 14% and DR&SS spending 51%. In one breeding cycle, NARO released 5 hybrid varieties, ZARI 2, and DR&SS 1. The programs can be optimized by implementing several strategies: adopting an Enterprise Breeding System, incorporating digital technologies for disease screening and phenotyping, network-based procurement of consumables, using modern breeding techniques like doubled haploids, genomic selection, and speed breeding to shorten cycles, and training personnel for more efficient resource use. 2025-04 2025-12-19T22:08:41Z 2025-12-19T22:08:41Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179098 en Open Access application/pdf Frontiers Media Das, B., Mutiga, S. K., Odiyo, O., Madahana, S., Milic, D., Sinyinda, L., Mwansa, K., Mukaro, R., Chaingeni, D., Asea, G., Kwemoi, D. B., & Musundire, L. (2025). Costing of the breeding operations for the national maize programs in Eastern and Southern Africa. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 9., 1545600. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2025.1545600 |
| spellingShingle | breeding programmes resource allocation maize cost analysis Das, Biswanath Mutiga, Samuel Kilonzo Odiyo, Olivia Madahana, Sammy Larry Milić, Dragan Sinyinda, Lubasi Mwansa, Kabamba Mukaro, Ronica Chaingeni, Davison Asea, Godfrey Kwemoi, Daniel Bomet Musundire, Lennin Costing of the breeding operations for the national maize programs in Eastern and Southern Africa |
| title | Costing of the breeding operations for the national maize programs in Eastern and Southern Africa |
| title_full | Costing of the breeding operations for the national maize programs in Eastern and Southern Africa |
| title_fullStr | Costing of the breeding operations for the national maize programs in Eastern and Southern Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Costing of the breeding operations for the national maize programs in Eastern and Southern Africa |
| title_short | Costing of the breeding operations for the national maize programs in Eastern and Southern Africa |
| title_sort | costing of the breeding operations for the national maize programs in eastern and southern africa |
| topic | breeding programmes resource allocation maize cost analysis |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179098 |
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