Cataloguing Crop Traits and Breeders Across the OECD 1980-2025
Name of applicant
Asger Wingender
Title
Associate Professor
Institution
University of Copenhagen
Amount
DKK 633,030
Year
2025
Type of grant
Digital Research Infrastructure
Summary
Without steady yield gains achieved by crop breeding, we would be unable to feed the current global population. This project will build a database of crop varieties released in the OECD, detailing their traits and breeders. With such data, researchers can explore how to improve the crop innovation system to increase global food supply without expanding cropland into pristine environments.