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The nuts and bolts of collaborative research on roots, tubers and bananas: RTB Annual Meeting

The nuts and bolts of collaborative research on roots, tubers and bananas: RTB Annual Meeting

As the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) kicks off Phase II, the team came together in ...
Transforming the value chain - one cooking banana at a time

Transforming the value chain – one cooking banana at a time

This is the first installment in a series of in-depth blogs investigating the ways in which the RTB-ENDURE project is ...
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 ...
The effectiveness of knowledge sharing: The case of ProMusa, a global knowledge platform on banana

The effectiveness of knowledge sharing: The case of ProMusa, a global knowledge platform on banana

ProMusa is a knowledge-sharing platform on bananas managed by Bioversity International through funding from the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, ...
Partnerships and prompt response, key to prevent the spread of banana Fusarium wilt (‘Panama disease’)

Partnerships and prompt response, key to prevent the spread of banana Fusarium wilt (‘Panama disease’)

In the first part of the 20th century, Fusarium Wilt Race 1 (popularly known as ‘Panama disease’) wiped out the ...
Unravelling the banana's genomic potential: ISHS/ProMusa held symposium in Brisbane, Australia

Unravelling the banana’s genomic potential: ISHS/ProMusa held symposium in Brisbane, Australia

The International Society for Horticultural sciences (ISHS)/ProMusa symposium entitled “Unravelling the banana's genomic potential”, was held from 18-20 August 2014 ...
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 ...
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 ...