Principal partners
Four centers members of the CGIAR Consortium have initiated a partnership to carry out the full scope of the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB), including:
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The success of the Research Program will depend on further linkages and partnerships with an extensive network of partners and stakeholders.
Other partners and stakeholders
The participation of many partners and stakeholders are central to RTB, and it was an integral part of the initial program planning and proposal. One of the central themes of the program is dedicated to partnerships, and they are part of the “conceptual glue” that keeps the Research Program on track.
Examples of key program partners and stakeholders include:
| ACRO BIO-TECH | China |
| African Union Commission | Ethiopia |
| AGRA | Eastern and Southern Africa |
| Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria | Nigeria |
| Agrimarketing LAtin America | Republica Dominicana |
| AGROBIOTEC | Burundi |
| Agro-Genetic Technologies Ltd (AGT) | Uganda |
| APROYSA | Colombia |
| AU/NEPAD Pan African Cassava Initiative | SubSaharan Africa |
| Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research | Asia Pacific and Africa |
| Banana Research Station, Kerala Agricultural University | India |
| Bangladesh Agricutural Research Institute (BARI) | Bangladesh |
| Benguet State University/Northern Philippines Rootcrops Research and Training Center | Philippines |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | USA |
| Bioversity International | Italy/France |
| Bowen University | Nigeria |
| Bvumbwe Agricultural Research Station | Malawi |
| CARDI | St. Kitts / Nevis |
| Casquip Starch (Pty) Limited | Swaziland |
| CassTech (Australia) | Australia |
| Catholic Relief Services | Global |
| Cenibanano / Augura | Colombia |
| Central Potato Research Institute | India |
| Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla, India | India |
| Central Tuber Crop Research Institute, Trivandrum | India |
| Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques/ Université de Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire | Côte d’Ivoire |
| Centro Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos (CITA) | Costa Rica |
| CIAT (Centro Internactional de Agricultura Tropical) | Columbia |
| CIP (International Potato Center) | Ghana/Peru |
| CIRAD | France |
| CNRA | Côte d’Ivoire |
| Congelagro S.A. McCain | Colombia |
| CONPAPA | Ecuador |
| COOINPAVEN | Colombia |
| Coop. Agr. e Ind. San Alberto Ltda. | Puerto Rico-Mnes. Argentina |
| Cooperativa Colanta Ltda | Colombia |
| CORAF/WECARD | Senegal |
| Cordinadora Nacional De Productores De Papa Del Peru | Peru |
| CORPOICA, Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria | Colombia |
| Corporación Bananera Nacional(CORBANA). | Costa Rica |
| Crop Insititute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences | China |
| CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute | Ghana |
| CSRS | Côte d’Ivoire |
| DA-BAR | Philippines |
| Department of Agriculture-NOMIARC | Philippines |
| Eastern Renewable Fuels Corp (biofuels) | Philippines |
| EkoRural | Ecuador |
| EMBRAPA | Brazil |
| EMBRAPA Rondonia | Brazil |
| Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo | Ecuador |
| FAVRI | Vietnam |
| Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Abuja. | Nigeria |
| FHIA | Honduras |
| Field Crops Research Institute | Vietnam |
| FIRCA | Cote d’Ivoire |
| Fundación Hondureña de Investigación Agrícola | Honduras |
| Fundaciòn M.A.R.CO | Ecuador |
| Fundacion PROINPA | Bolivia |
| Genetics Technologies International Limited | Kenya |
| German Technical Cooperation(GTZ) | Kenya |
| Ghana Federation Of Agricultural Producers{GFAP} | Ghana |
| Global Waste Solutions Group, Inc. | USA |
| Halotek Fadel Ind. Ltda | Brazil |
| Haramaya University | Ethiopia |
| Hawassa University | Ethiopia |
| Helen Keller International | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| HORDI | India |
| IDRC | Senegal |
| IITA (International Institute of Tropical Agriculture) | Nigeria |
| Independiente | Colombia |
| Independiente | Paraguay |
| INIA | Peru |
| INIA, Estacion Experimental Santa Ana, Huancayo | Peru |
| INIAP | Ecuador |
| INIAP – Pichilingue | Ecuador |
| Institut des Sciences Agronomiques du Rwanda | Rwanda |
| Institut National des Recherches Agricoles du Benin | Benin |
| Institut Togolais de Recherche Agronomique (ITRA) | Togo |
| Institute of Agriculture | Tajikistan |
| Institute of Sweetpotato Research, CAAS | China |
| Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria | Perú |
| Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD) | France |
| ITFRI | Indonesia |
| ITRA | Togo |
| Kenya Agricultural Research Institute | Kenya |
| Kenya National Potapo Farmers Associayion | Kenya |
| KEPHIS | Kenya |
| KNUST | Ghana |
| KVK, CARDS | India |
| KVK, Mitraniketan | India |
| Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology | Ghana |
| Local government unit | Philippines |
| M.S Swaminathan Research Foundation | India |
| Michigan State University | USA |
| Ministère de l’Agriculture | Côte d’Ivoire |
| Ministère de l’Agriculture, Direction de l’Evaluation et du Contrôle des Projets | Côte d’Ivoire |
| Ministry of Agriculture | Cook Islands |
| Ministry of Food and Agriculture | Ghana |
| National Agricultural Genetic Resources Center | Nepal |
| National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI)-PNG | Papua New Guinea |
| National Center of Geodesy and Cartography | Uzbekistan |
| National Institute of Nutrition | India |
| National Research Centre for Banana | India |
| National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI), Nigeria | Nigeria |
| National Root Crops Research Institute, Umudike, Nigeria | Nigeria |
| National University of Uzbekistan | Uzbekistan |
| NBPGR Delhi | India |
| Niji Lukas Nig Ltd | Nigeria |
| Northern Marianas College | Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) |
| Panama Fruits Export S.A. | Panama |
| Panayuca (Afiliated to Clayuca) | Panamá |
| PCARRD | Philippines |
| Pepsico Alimentos Ecuador | Ecuador |
| PepsiCo India Holding Pvt. Ltd. | India |
| Philippine Rootcrop Research and Training Center | Philippines |
| Planti Center | Brazil |
| PNDRT | Cameroon |
| PNG Natioinal Agricultural Research Institute (PNG NARI) | Papua New Guinea (PNG) |
| Potato Institute of Guizhou Province | China |
| Privado, productor | Panama |
| Programme Analyse de la Politique Agricole; Institution National des Recherches Agricoles du Benin (PAPA/INRAB) | Benin |
| PRONACA | Ecuador |
| Rimisp – Centro Latinoamericano para el Desarrollo Rural | Bolivia |
| RIMISP – OCE | Ecuador |
| Root and Tuber Crops Research institute, Yunnan Normal University | China |
| Rural Energy and Food Security Organization – REFSO | Kenya |
| Rurallinks Organisation | Nigeria |
| SEARCA | Philippines |
| Service du Developpement Rural | French Polynesia |
| Supervision & Testing Center for Virus-free Seed Potatoes Quality, Ministry of Agriculture of P.R. China, Harbin | China |
| Technico/ITC | India |
| The McKnight Foundation Collaborative Crop Research Program | Ecuador |
| The Ssemwanga Centre for Agriculture and Food Ltd | Uganda |
| tmennesson@iac.nc | New Caledonia |
| Trinidad & Tobago Agri-business Association | Trinidad & Tobago |
| TTABA | Trinidad y Tobago |
| Universidad de Antioquia | Colombia |
| Universidad de Costa Rica | Costa Rica |
| Universidad de Los Andes | Venezuela |
| Universidad La Molina | Perú |
| Universidad Mayor de San Simon | Bolivia |
| Universidad Tecnica de Manabi, UTM | Portoviejo- Manabi-Ecuador |
| Université Cocody-Abidjan/CSRS | Côte d’Ivoire |
| Université de Parakou, Faculté d’Agronomie, Département d’Economie et de Sociologie Rurales | Bénin |
| University of Abuja | Nigeria |
| University of Buea, | Cameroon |
| University of Dschang | Cameroon |
| University of Ghana, Legon | Ghana |
| University of Ibadan | Nigeria |
| University of Kinshasa, Faculty of Agronomy | D R Congo |
| University of Trinindad and Tobago | Trinidad |
| Unversidade federal de Rio Grande do Sul | Brazil |
| UPLB | Philippines |
| USAID/East Africa regional mission | Kenya |
| World Bank | Ghana |
| Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences | China |