Biswanath leads Breeding Partnerships for the CGIAR Breeding for Tomorrow (B4T) Mega-program and Excellence in Breeding (EiB) platform. He works across all CGIAR centers, crops and regions supporting breeding networks to strengthen partnerships for greater impact.
He has over 15 years of applied plant breeding experience in Latin America and Africa leading maize breeding pipelines in both the private (Syngenta) and public sector (CIMMYT). Biswanath and his team currently cover 25 countries in Sub Saharan Africa and South Asia, supporting the CGIAR and its partners to align priorities, co-create and deliver improved crop varieties.
