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Posted on
07 Mar, 2018
Building momentum for gender-responsive breeding
March 8 marks International Women’s Day, this year with the theme ‘Time is Now: Rural and urban activists transforming women’s ...
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08 Mar, 2017
‘Carrier women’ shoulder a heavy burden in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Cassava is an RTB crop of key importance in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is often processed into flour ...
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08 Mar, 2017
Accelerating Africa’s economic growth through root and tuber crops
The 13th International Symposium for the International Society for Tropical Root Crops- Africa Branch (ISTRC-AB) has kicked off this week ...
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17 Oct, 2016
Recognizing the work of RTB’s gender researchers
Two gender researchers from the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas, Drs. Bhawana Upadhyay and Nozomi Kawarazuka, have ...
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27 Jul, 2016
Listening to what women don’t say
The field work mentioned in this blog was part of the IITA led Cassava Monitoring Survey project, funded by institutions ...
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25 Jul, 2016
Understanding gender roles in Uganda’s potato and cooking banana value chains
In Uganda, gender roles in production, processing and marketing of root, tuber and banana crops are complex. Key decisions on ...
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22 Jul, 2016
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, ...
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03 May, 2016
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 ...
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22 Apr, 2016
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 ...
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20 Apr, 2016
Gender, breeding and genomics workshop – Open call for case studies
You are invited to submit an abstract for a case study of plant or animal breeding that has successfully incorporated ...
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11 Apr, 2016
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 ...
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10 Apr, 2016
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 ...
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