Episode Synopsis "Episode 2: Innovations in Plant Breeding with a Focus on Empowering Women with Dr. Jolien Swanckaert"

Jolien Swanckaert is a sweetpotato breeder based out of Uganda. She’s part of the SweetGAINS team revolutionizing plant breeding with cross-team collaboration and information that helps put the needs of men, women, seed multipliers, and market demands front and center of breeding efforts. Jolien shares insights on how information is driving the development of new varieties.

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More episodes of the podcast SweetGAINS in Plant Breeding

• Episode 1: Sweetpotato, a multicolor, beautiful crop with Dr. Maria Andrade
• Episode 2: Innovations in Plant Breeding with a Focus on Empowering Women with Dr. Jolien Swanckaert
• Episode 3: Innovation at the Last Mile, Reaching Farmers with Quality Seed with Kwame Ogero
• Episode 4: Achieving More with Less, the Power of Statistics with Luka Wanjohi
• Episode 6: Unleashing the Power of the Sweetpotato Genome with Dr. Craig Yencho
• Episode 5: Empowering National Agricultural Research Systems with Dr. Bernard Yada