Contributions

FP5: Pre-breeding and Trait Discovery

Goal: Widen the genetic base of GLDC crops and provide an extensive tool kit of modern genomics, genetic enhancement, breeding tools and high precision phenotyping for efficient breeding. FP5 has three CoAs:

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   Pre-breeding
   
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   Trait discovery
   
3. 
   Enabling technologies
   

1.6 Cross-CRP collaboration and site integration

GLDC will work together with the other Agri-food Systems CRPs and Global Integrating CRPs. Such cross-CRP collaboration is essential to realize farmer and agri-food system benefits from crop intensification and diversification, especially through companion cropping systems or to leverage opportunities for income and diet diversification through feed and fodder. Each CRP has agreed to these synergies to integrate their research as manifest in shared projects and through the communities of practice. The Country Coordination process proposed for the CRPs is fully endorsed and ICRISAT/GLDC will lead such coordination in India. More specifically: