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Piano sketches celebrating RTB crop

Piano sketches celebrating RTB crop

Roots, tubers and bananas (RTBs) are essential for global food security – and delicious!  RTBs include bananas and plantains, cassava, ...
Book Launch | Root, Tuber and Banana Food System Innovations

Book Launch | Root, Tuber and Banana Food System Innovations

Please join us to celebrate a new volume entitled, Root, Tuber and Banana Food System Innovations. This open access book ...
Innovating with Roots, Tubers and Bananas

Innovating with Roots, Tubers and Bananas

We are delighted to announce the publication of the book “Root, Tuber and Banana Food System Innovations: Value Creation for ...
A catalog helps take CGIAR innovations to scale

A catalog helps take CGIAR innovations to scale

RTB Innovation Catalog matches CGIAR innovations with partners who need them In our blog A one-stop-shop for CGIAR innovations, posted ...
Putting farmers at the center in demand driven seed systems

Putting farmers at the center in demand driven seed systems

Seed systems are complex and diverse and can vary enormously depending on the crop and country. They need to be ...
CIP’s 50th Anniversary Celebrates Andean Agrobiodiversity

CIP’s 50th Anniversary Celebrates Andean Agrobiodiversity

Anniversaries are occasions to commemorate the past while looking to the future, to mark the evolution of “who we are” ...
New digital Project Portfolio showcases the legacy of RTB

New digital Project Portfolio showcases the legacy of RTB

From its beginning in 2017, the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) has taken the lead to ...
Adoption of orange-fleshed sweetpotato in Malawi continues after project intervention

Adoption of orange-fleshed sweetpotato in Malawi continues after project intervention

Households in Malawi that participated in projects promoting orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) varieties continued to grow the new varieties even several ...
A one-stop-shop for CGIAR Innovations

A one-stop-shop for CGIAR Innovations

RTB Innovation Catalog successfully launched by CGIAR, users, and donors The RTB Innovation Catalog gathers creative ideas so that researchers ...
The Potato of the Future: Opportunities and Challenges in Sustainable Agri-food Systems

The Potato of the Future: Opportunities and Challenges in Sustainable Agri-food Systems

Potatoes will play an increasingly important role in global food security in the coming decades. The potato crop is a ...
Access Agriculture hosts farmer learning videos that are based on the best blend of science and farmer creativity

Access Agriculture hosts farmer learning videos that are based on the best blend of science and farmer creativity

When Access Agriculture started as a new, international NGO in 2012, we realized the importance of the root, tuber and ...
Rice-potato rotations increase profitability and food production

Rice-potato rotations increase profitability and food production

Adding a winter crop of potatoes to rice cultivation can increase farm profitability and food production. However, pests and diseases ...