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RTB researchers examine how to make value chains more gender equitable

RTB researchers examine how to make value chains more gender equitable

Fifteen researchers from four RTB centers (Bioversity, CIAT, CIP and IITA) have gathered in Entebbe, Uganda this week to share ...
Université KU Leuven : la Belgique et les bananes dans le RTB

Université KU Leuven : la Belgique et les bananes dans le RTB

Rony Swennen, professeur à l'université belge KU Leuven, a rejoint l’équipe du RTB l’année dernière. C’était pour lui une étape ...
From the University of Leuven: Belgium, Bananas and RTB

From the University of Leuven: Belgium, Bananas and RTB

For Rony Swennen, professor at the Belgian university KU Leuven, joining RTB last year was the next logical step in ...
Simulated potato yield gaps in Sub-Saharan Africa exceed the best on-station trial yields

Simulated potato yield gaps in Sub-Saharan Africa exceed the best on-station trial yields

By CIP’s Production System and Environment Sub-Program - Yield gap analysis is an important tool to estimate to what extent ...
Mainstreaming Gender in RTB Research: An interview with Netsayi Mudege, RTB Gender Research Coordinator

Mainstreaming Gender in RTB Research: An interview with Netsayi Mudege, RTB Gender Research Coordinator

Netsayi Noris Mudege, an anthropologist from Harare, Zimbabwe, has been the Gender Focal Point at the International Potato Center (CIP) ...
Study on consumer preference of processed cassava products planned for five African countries

Study on consumer preference of processed cassava products planned for five African countries

By IITA- International researchers met in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to develop a strategy and agree on a joint methodology ...
Predicting climate change’s impact on crop pests and diseases

Predicting climate change’s impact on crop pests and diseases

As researchers try to predict the potential threat that pests and diseases pose for RTB crops, and develop strategies to ...
RTB centers and partners prepare to battle Banana Bunchy Top Disease across Sub-Saharan Africa

RTB centers and partners prepare to battle Banana Bunchy Top Disease across Sub-Saharan Africa

Approximately 50 experts from 20 countries have gathered in Bujumbura, Burundi this week to coordinate an ambitious effort to contain ...
New RTB project to expand utilization of roots, tubers and bananas in Uganda

New RTB project to expand utilization of roots, tubers and bananas in Uganda

A project on expanding utilization and reducing postharvest losses in RTB crops is starting this month in Uganda. Supported by ...
Banana beverages hold potential for improving livelihoods in East Africa

Banana beverages hold potential for improving livelihoods in East Africa

Many people in East Africa are involved in the production and sale of banana-based beverages, but there is much to ...
International meeting launches initiative to control RTB bacterial diseases

International meeting launches initiative to control RTB bacterial diseases

Bacterial diseases that attack RTB crops pose serious threats to the food security and livelihoods of smallholders in many parts ...
RTB implementing pilot for Results-Based Management

RTB implementing pilot for Results-Based Management

By Dagmar Wittine, RTB Program Manager The CGIAR Consortium of International Agriculture Research Centers is actively promoting Results-Based Management (RBM), ...