Bananas and plantains (Musa spp.) provide a major source of food and income for over 30 million people in Eastern and ...

Just as the late blight epidemic wiped out potato fields in Ireland in the 19th century, crop pests and diseases ...

The CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) has ambitious targets to improve the lives of millions of ...

As the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) kicks off Phase II, the team came together in ...

The biodiversity of domesticated biota and food-supplying ecosystems holds unparalleled importance for breeding and crop and livestock improvement. This importance ...

Researchers collaborating under the 'Expanding utilization of roots, tubers and bananas and reducing their postharvest losses' (RTB-ENDURE) banana sub-project have ...

Story by Joshua Turyatemba for Bioversity International Banana is one of the most important sources of food and income in ...

Assessing the impact of the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas’ (RTB) research and development initiatives is a ...

The Independent Science and Partnership Council’s (ISPC) Science Forum 2016 from 12 – 14 April in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, will ...

The Annual Review and Planning Meeting of the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) took place last ...

Moko bacterial wilt is the principal bacterial disease limiting plantain production in Latin America and the Caribbean, and it is ...