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Global cassava coalition calls for support for cassava transformation in Africa

Global cassava coalition calls for support for cassava transformation in Africa

Press release for immediate release Ahead of the international conference on cassava, the Global Cassava Partnership for the 21st Century ...
Spotlight on scaling agricultural technologies

Spotlight on scaling agricultural technologies

The CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) has ambitious targets to improve the lives of millions of ...
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 ...
RTB Impact Assessment team take stock of progress and plan for Phase II

RTB Impact Assessment team take stock of progress and plan for Phase II

Assessing the impact of the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas’ (RTB) research and development initiatives is a ...
Improving cassava processing: less energy, higher efficiency and more stable prices

Improving cassava processing: less energy, higher efficiency and more stable prices

From the RTB 2015 Annual Report Much of the cassava grown in developing countries is processed to produce starch or flour ...
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 ...
New technologies make cassava processing more efficient and sustainable

New technologies make cassava processing more efficient and sustainable

As the global cassava industry continues to grow, new processing technologies are helping factories to reduce energy losses. The farming ...
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 ...
A year in review: Highlights from the RTB Annual Meeting 2015

A year in review: Highlights from the RTB Annual Meeting 2015

The Annual Review and Planning Meeting of the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) took place last ...
What’s in your noodle soup?

What’s in your noodle soup?

You may never have heard of it before. A globetrotting crop by all accounts, it’s thought to have been introduced into ...
Advancements in cassava processing for SE Asia highlighted at public, private-sector meeting

Advancements in cassava processing for SE Asia highlighted at public, private-sector meeting

A cassava-processing workshop held in Bangkok from 2 – 4 December 2015 brought together researchers, and representatives of the private ...
RTB and PIM collaborate to make value chain work gender responsive

RTB and PIM collaborate to make value chain work gender responsive

With the aim of making postharvest work more inclusive, effective and equitable, RTB teamed up with the CGIAR Research Program ...