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Posted on
04 Apr, 2017
Economically sustainable seed businesses to transform cassava production in Nigeria
Seed sector professionals have said that businesses selling improved varieties and high quality cassava stems for cultivation could help African ...
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28 Oct, 2016
Early Generation Sweetpotato Seed Production: Can public sector and national agricultural research institutes shift to a business orientation?
In this blog Margaret McEwan, Senior Project Manager with the International Potato Center (CIP), shares her insights and reflections from ...
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Posted on
08 Jul, 2016
Competition calls for innovative packaging of cassava stems to increase sales
A new competition is calling for innovative packaging designs to sell bundles of high quality cassava stems in Nigeria. The ...
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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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Posted on
16 Feb, 2016
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 ...
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16 Dec, 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 ...
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Posted on
23 Nov, 2015
New project to develop cassava seed businesses will enhance quality seed access, increase productivity and generate income in Nigeria
We are pleased and proud to announce the signing of a new project entitled ‘Building an Economically Sustainable, Integrated Seed ...
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02 Nov, 2015
New evidence supports integrated seed health strategy as best option for raising potato yields
Potato is the third most important food crop globally and over half of all production occurs in developing countries. However, ...
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23 Mar, 2015
Getting the big picture with results-based management and participatory planning
We all have a theory of change. Indeed, when we have a big goal to achieve, we think of what ...
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14 Jul, 2014
Forging the impact pathway to better potato harvests in Africa
A common goal of RTB and the International Potato Center (CIP) is to increase potato productivity by improving farmer access ...
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14 Nov, 2013
Accelerating learning and tackling bottlenecks through a conceptual framework for roots, tubers and bananas seed systems
One of RTB’s seven research themes is concerned with improving farmer access to low-cost, high-quality planting materials. A team of ...
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