CBAB: a decade of success!

Abstract

The Board of Directors of the Brazilian Association of Plant Breeding -SBMP (www.sbmp.org.br) -and the Editorial Board of the journal Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology-CBAB (www.sbmp.org.br/cbab/siscbab/index.php) -have the honor to present the first special edition of CBAB. This 10-year anniversary edition is a milestone in the history of the journal, worth celebrating, representing the result of the collective efforts of the SBMP, CBAB, authors, reviewers and particularly the translator. It is worth mentioning that a decade of existence of a contextualized journal in an emerging country such as Brazil is a momentous fact, demonstrating the dynamic development of plant improvement underlying the global success of the Brazilian agribusiness. But before highlighting specific subjects of the anniversary issue, it is worth recollecting some historical details that have shaped the SBMP and CBAB.The SBMP, firstly, was created in 1999, during a meeting at the Federal University of Viçosa, congregating the desire of the 99 plant breeders present at that event. The SBMP is a nonprofit scientific organization that brings together scholars in plant breeding from different Brazilian institutions. The objectives of the SBMP are to stimulate the development of plant breeding in the country; to enable and coordinate exchange among scientists dedicated to research, teaching and plant-breeding-related activities; to represent and advise governmental agencies and other institutions in matters related to plant breeding; to establish and promote sponsored inducement prizes awarded at congresses, to stimulate scientific activities at the undergraduate and graduate level, and also to decorate breeders for relevant work in teaching, research and extension in the area; to guide activities related to the professional practice in the field of plant breeding; to promote, initiate and/or sponsor courses of specialization and extension for the education and training of breeders; to publish issues of Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology, the official organ of the institution, and other proceedings; to foster the dissemination of topic -related knowledge by the publication of books, monographs, newsletters, films etc; and encourage the improvement of subject-related education at all levels.Over the course of the first 12 years, the SBMP was directed by six administrative boards, which all tried to meet the objectives and strengthen the Association. Today, the membership of the Association has risen to 421. The growth of the SBMP is reflected in the regular participation of current and future plant breeders in the national congress held every two years. For this latest edition of the congress -the 6th CBMP -the limited number of 1000 participants was not enough to meet the demand. This shows the sound establishment of the scientific association, which has implemented the majority of its statutory objectives.With regard to the CBAB, the magazine has published around 616 articles in the last 10 years. This scientific collection has pro...

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