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Building momentum for gender-responsive breeding

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 ...
'Carrier women' shoulder a heavy burden in the Democratic Republic of Congo

‘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 ...
Accelerating Africa’s economic growth through root and tuber crops

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 ...
Recognizing the work of RTB's gender researchers

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 ...
Listening to what women don't say

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 ...
Understanding gender roles in Uganda’s potato and cooking banana value chains

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 ...
RTB and PIM research featured at CGIAR gender research training with Penn State

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, ...
Leave no one behind: Reflections on RTB’s participations at GCARD3

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 ...
New project to build commercially sustainable cassava seed system in Nigeria

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 ...
Gender, breeding and genomics workshop - Open call for case studies

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 ...
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 ...
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