NextGen Impact Report
A Decade of Change
Celebrating a decade of impact
The Next Generation Cassava Breeding Project (NextGen) has blended advanced breeding techniques with market intelligence and community engagement to develop a new model for deploying advanced crop science to solve practical problems.
The result has been a decade of impact: a radical transformation of cassava breeding practices across sub-Saharan Africa that are now in high demand across the continent.
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Alhaji Muhammad Sabo Nanono
Nigeria’s former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
A Decade of Impact
NextGen experts have revolutionized the landscape for cassava breeding practices across sub-Saharan Africa and beyond. These methods now serve as a crop innovation model for other crops, as the approach works faster and smarter to produce better crop varieties:
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Developed and deployed five advanced cassava varieties
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Cultivated a new digital ecosystem for cassava breeders
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Energized national cassava research programs in Nigeria, Uganda and Tanzania
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Expanded the crop improvement community to include social, data and food scientists and gender experts
Our Partners
![Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation](https://www.nextgencassava.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/bmgf-blk.png)
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
![Boyce Thompson Institute](https://www.nextgencassava.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/BTI.png)
Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) for Plant Research
![Embrapa](https://www.nextgencassava.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Embrapa.png)
Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa)
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CGIAR
![Cornell University](https://www.nextgencassava.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cornell_seal_simple_75.png)
Cornell University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
![CIAT](https://www.nextgencassava.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/CIAT.png)
International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
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International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
![DSMZ](https://www.nextgencassava.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DSMZ_Logo_4c_small-1.jpg)
Leibniz Institute DSMZ
![Makerere University](https://www.nextgencassava.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/MakerereU.png)
Makerere University Regional Center for Crop Improvement (MaRCCI)
![NaCRRI](https://www.nextgencassava.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/nacrri.png)
National Crops Resource Research Institute (NaCRRI)
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National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI)
![Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute](https://www.nextgencassava.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/TARI.png)
Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI)