GCP's research is interdisciplinary and cross-cutting in nature, and the work conducted by Hannibal and by GCP researchers exemplifies how, as neatly captured by Xavier, all these different legs need to be in place for the stool to stand up! Xavier talks about the critical role played by GCP’s Integrated Breeding Platform (IBP) Offering a suite of tools and services for efficient crop breeding and data management, IBP is vital for facilitating effective experiments in the field – meaning, in turn, that the good efforts invested by Hannibal and GCP researchers towards the improvement of crops will be not only maximised, but also widely shared.