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International experts gather to address diseases threatening Africa’s cassava production

International experts gather to address diseases threatening Africa’s cassava production

Cassava is the second most important staple in Africa and is regularly consumed by more than 700 million people around ...
Strengthening NRI collaboration with the CGIAR Research Programme on Roots, Tubers and Bananas

Strengthening NRI collaboration with the CGIAR Research Programme on Roots, Tubers and Bananas

The Natural Resources Institute (NRI) of the University of Greenwich recently organised and hosted a Review and Planning Workshop for ...
Publication du plan d’action pour combattre les maladies du manioc

Publication du plan d’action pour combattre les maladies du manioc

Le Food Security Journal vient de publier la feuille de route de la Conférence de Bellagio contre les maladies du ...
Surveying experts in India and Tanzania to fill seed degeneration knowledge gaps

Surveying experts in India and Tanzania to fill seed degeneration knowledge gaps

Sara Thomas-Sharma, a post-doctoral researcher at Kansas State University, was hired in 2013 to work on an RTB project to ...
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 ...
Une nouvelle alliance vise à exploiter le potentiel du manioc pour lutter contre la faim et la pauvreté

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

Le Programme de recherche du CGIAR sur les racines, tubercules et bananes (RTB) et le Partenariat mondial pour le manioc ...
Roots, Tubers and Bananas postharvest processing project gets started in Asia

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

Site selection is underway as the Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) Postharvest Processing project on adding value under the RTB ...
New Alliance to Tap Cassava’s Potential for Reducing Hunger and Poverty

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

For Immediate Release (12 December 2013) The CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) and the Global Cassava ...
Cassava as animal feed in Africa: taking advantage of expanding cultivation

Cassava as animal feed in Africa: taking advantage of expanding cultivation

Nigeria, the world’s top cassava producer, has launched a plan for cassava processing with the objective of strengthening the cassava ...
L’utilisation du manioc pour l’alimentation animale en Afrique: comment tirer profit d’une culture en expansion

L’utilisation du manioc pour l’alimentation animale en Afrique: comment tirer profit d’une culture en expansion

Le Nigéria, premier producteur mondial de manioc, a lancé un Plan de transformation du manioc dont l’objectif est de renforcer ...
In Cameroon, a dynamic cassava value chain with weaknesses

In Cameroon, a dynamic cassava value chain with weaknesses

By Dominique Dufour Cameroon has a long agricultural tradition: of its 20 million people, 8 million live in rural areas, ...
Au Cameroun, une filière manioc dynamique mais à valoriser

Au Cameroun, une filière manioc dynamique mais à valoriser

Le Cameroun possède une longue tradition agricole : sur les 20 millions d’habitants que compte le pays, 8 millions vivent en ...