rtbadmin, Author at CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas

Reaching out to Eastern and Central African partners at ASARECA conference

Posted on December 23, 2013 (October 10, 2019)

By Graham Thiele, RTB Director Attending the General Assembly and Scientific Conference of the Association for strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) in Bujumbura, Burundi from 9-13 December, convinced me of the need to have a clearer plan for engagement with them. While I was motivated to take part by an invitation […]

Une nouvelle alliance vise à exploiter le potentiel du manioc pour lutter contre la faim et la pauvreté

Posted on December 19, 2013 (September 26, 2019)

Le Programme de recherche du CGIAR sur les racines, tubercules et bananes (RTB) et le Partenariat mondial pour le manioc au 21e siècle (GCP21) ont uni leurs forces afin d’augmenter les efforts visant à accroître la production de manioc dans certains des pays les plus pauvres du monde et d’exploiter pleinement son potentiel pour prévenir […]

Bioinformatics key to using genetic and metabolite data for breeding

Posted on December 17, 2013 (October 10, 2019)

As scientists collaborate on a global effort to map RTB genes and metabolites and link that information to traits, they are increasingly reliant on bioinformatics – the use of computers to organize, analyze and share biological data. The effort requires the creation of web platforms that will allow researchers in different countries to upload, access, […]

Roots, Tubers and Bananas postharvest processing project gets started in Asia

Posted on December 16, 2013 (October 9, 2019)

Site selection is underway as the Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) Postharvest Processing project on adding value under the RTB research program gets started. Entitled “Driving livelihood improvements through demand-oriented interventions for competitive production and processing of RTBs,” CIAT-Asia’s focus will be on improving livestock feeding with residues and wastes at small and medium-scale cassava […]

New banana disease to Africa found in Mozambique

Posted on December 13, 2013 (October 9, 2019)

A destructive strain of a banana wilt disease has been discovered on Cavendish bananas in Mozambique. The disease, widely known as Foc TR4, is a form of Fusarium wilt or Panama disease, caused by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4. This fungus has devastated banana plantations in Asia over the past two decades. […]

New Alliance to Tap Cassava’s Potential for Reducing Hunger and Poverty

Posted on December 12, 2013 (September 26, 2019)

For Immediate Release (12 December 2013) The CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) and the Global Cassava Partnership for the 21st Century (GCP21) have joined forces in order to strengthen efforts to increase cassava production in some of the world’s poorest countries and to tap that crop’s full potential for preventing hunger, […]

New process ‘could develop biofortified cassava faster’

Posted on December 11, 2013 (September 26, 2019)

[NAIROBI] Cassava could be bred on a large scale to contain high contents of vitamin A using a new process — called rapid cycling — that shortens the usual period from eight to only three years, according to a study. The researchers say more than 70 million people in developing countries depend on cassava as a source […]

Harnessing the power of the “omics” to improve RTB varieties

Posted on December 2, 2013 (October 10, 2019)

RTB researchers are collaborating with a growing network of scientists at institutions around the world in an ambitious effort to unlock the genetic and metabolic secrets of root, tuber and banana crops, and help breeders use that information to develop better varieties more quickly. This cutting-edge initiative incorporates the latest advances in gene sequencing, metabolite […]

RTB and Humidtropics create space for collaboration

Posted on November 27, 2013 (October 9, 2019)

RTB crops play an important role in the farm systems of smallholders in humid tropics agroecosystems, so it was just a question of time before RTB and the IITA-led CGIAR Research Program on Integrated Systems for the Humid Tropics (Humidtropics) would explore partnership opportunities. This happened in early November, in Amsterdam, at a meeting that […]

Yams: Raising the profile of the “King of Crops”

Posted on November 21, 2013 (October 10, 2019)

Yam is a very important and popular RTB crop in West Africa, with 99% of the world production coming from just five countries in that region (Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria and Togo). The traditional staple crop has deeply-rooted cultural significance: while yam festivals are held in African countries such as Nigeria and Ghana, its […]

Accelerating learning and tackling bottlenecks through a conceptual framework for roots, tubers and bananas seed systems

Posted on November 14, 2013 (October 10, 2019)

One of RTB’s seven research themes is concerned with improving farmer access to low-cost, high-quality planting materials. A team of specialists is developing a framework for analyzing and intervening in seed systems that will be applicable to all the RTB crops. As part of that effort, they gathered in Wageningen, the Netherlands from October 9-11, […]

Rethinking capacity development to enhance the impact of research

Posted on November 6, 2013 (October 10, 2019)

By Javier Ekboir (Bioversity/ILAC), Adiel Mbabu (CIP), Per Rudebjer (Bioversity), Simone Staiger-Rivas (CIAT) – How can capacity development contribute to the process of generating and disseminating research products? How can the CGIAR capacity development (CapDev) community best support CGIAR Research Programs (CRP) in such processes? These questions and others were debated during the first consortium-wide meeting on […]

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