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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 ...
Revolutionary mobile app for monitoring crop pests and diseases

Revolutionary mobile app for monitoring crop pests and diseases

Just as the late blight epidemic wiped out potato fields in Ireland in the 19th century, crop pests and diseases ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Clean planting material to combat Moko disease of plantains in Latin America

Clean planting material to combat Moko disease of plantains in Latin America

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