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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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
RTB develops an Innovation Catalog to close the research-development gap

RTB develops an Innovation Catalog to close the research-development gap

Information gap One of the challenges for research for development organizations is to ensure their innovations are properly documented and ...
Roots, tubers and bananas: vital to the One CGIAR portfolio!

Roots, tubers and bananas: vital to the One CGIAR portfolio!

Roots, tubers and bananas are the foundation of food security for millions of people across Asia, Africa and Latin America ...
Golden eggs shine at One CGIAR Transfer Marketplace

Golden eggs shine at One CGIAR Transfer Marketplace

As One CGIAR takes shape it becomes critical to build on the progress already made. Participants in the virtual Golden ...
Roots and tubers can help households to weather storms

Roots and tubers can help households to weather storms

When super-typhoon Ompong blasted through the northern Philippines in September 2018, farmers who grew sweetpotato and cassava were less affected ...
RTB and Agrilinks team up to showcase root, tuber and banana contribution to food and nutrition security

RTB and Agrilinks team up to showcase root, tuber and banana contribution to food and nutrition security

During May 2021, the importance of root, tuber and banana crops was highlighted by Agrilinks, an online hub where agriculture, ...
The golden eggs that keep on giving

The golden eggs that keep on giving

Ask any child who is well versed in Aesop’s fables and you will learn that golden eggs can be a ...