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RTB and PIM research featured at CGIAR gender research training with Penn State

RTB and PIM research featured at CGIAR gender research training with Penn State

Research and lessons learned from a collaboration between the CGIAR Research Programs on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB), and Policies, ...
Leave no one behind: Reflections on RTB’s participations at GCARD3

Leave no one behind: Reflections on RTB’s participations at GCARD3

Sara Quinn, Regional Communications Specialist, International Potato Center What does it mean to ‘leave no one behind’ in the world ...
New project to build commercially sustainable cassava seed system in Nigeria

New project to build commercially sustainable cassava seed system in Nigeria

A four-year project (2015 – 2019) to develop a commercially sustainable cassava seed value chain in Nigeria, was officially launched ...
Linkages between staple crops research and poverty outcomes

Linkages between staple crops research and poverty outcomes

The Independent Science and Partnership Council’s (ISPC) Science Forum 2016 from 12 – 14 April in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, will ...
Adding value and reducing postharvest losses in Uganda’s cooking banana value chain

Adding value and reducing postharvest losses in Uganda’s cooking banana value chain

Cooking banana is the main staple crop in Uganda produced mostly by smallholders for food and income. However, the cooking ...
Six steps forward for root and tuber crops

Six steps forward for root and tuber crops

Graham Thiele, Program Director, CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) shares his top six highlights from the ...
Assessing the impact of Cooperation-88 potatoes in China

Assessing the impact of Cooperation-88 potatoes in China

Potatoes came to China in the early 1600s but were not a major crop until the 1980s. By 1993, China ...
Queen's Anniversary Prize for ground-breaking work on cassava  awarded to RTB partner, NRI

Queen’s Anniversary Prize for ground-breaking work on cassava awarded to RTB partner, NRI

World-leading research and development on cassava by the Natural Resources Institute of the University of Greenwich (NRI) has been honored ...
New project to develop cassava seed businesses will enhance quality seed access, increase productivity and generate income in Nigeria

New project to develop cassava seed businesses will enhance quality seed access, increase productivity and generate income in Nigeria

We are pleased and proud to announce the signing of a new project entitled ‘Building an Economically Sustainable, Integrated Seed ...
RTB develops partnerships with US universities for gender research

RTB develops partnerships with US universities for gender research

Lisa Anderberg from Clark University will be the first graduate student to conduct gender analysis directly with a biological scientist ...
Fera visit: throwing light on LAMP

Fera visit: throwing light on LAMP

 By Graham Thiele, RTB Director  The Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera) is the primary provider of plant health advice ...
Bioinformatics alliance with Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research to boost yields in roots, tubers and bananas

Bioinformatics alliance with Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research to boost yields in roots, tubers and bananas

Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research (BTI) is partnering with CGIAR  and its associate centers to create a shared database and bioinformatics platform ...