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Factors Influencing the Choice of Storage Technologies by Smallholder Potato Farmers in Eastern and Southwestern Uganda
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Impacts of COVID-19 on the Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector in Developing Countries and Ways Forward
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Phenotypic Stability and Correlation for Late Blight Resistance in Advanced Potato Clones Under Field and Controlled Conditions
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Los andes y los alimentos del futuro. 50 andean future foods. Bibliografía. Bibliography.
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Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification assays for on-site detection of the main sweetpotato infecting viruses
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Las papas nativas: de ser un cultivo olvidado al boom culinario e innovación de mercado
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The Inception Workshop Report. Transforming the Rules of the Game: Gendered Liveability in Peri-urban Dhaka
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Training workshop report on good agricultural practices for the production and conservation of seed potato in the West, Adamawa, and Northwest regions. Workshop report.
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Stakeholder network analysis for developing a sustainable seed potato value chain in Oromia Region, Ethiopia. RTB Seed System Toolbox Course: 25, 27, 28 Oct 2021
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El rol de la conservación ex situ para la repatriación de papas nativas – experiencias y perspectivas
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Exploring the Banana & Cassava Seed Systems: A case study of Luwero district in Central Uganda. RTB Seed System Toolbox Course: 25, 27, 28 Oct 2021
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Diversidad genética de las papas cultivadas de 10 comunidades de Pasco y 4 de sierra de Lima
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Recap. RTB Seed System Toolbox Course 25, 27, 28 Oct 2021
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Graduation ceremony. First training on the toolbox for working with root, tuber, and banana seed systems. July to October 2021
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A gender-responsive and socially-inclusive approach to potato producers in Georgia. Outcome Brief 2
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Farmer Business Schools (FBS) in local communities: How do FBS stimulate farmers’ learning and social capital?
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Creaciones e iconos culinarios de los andes. 50 Recipes for Culinary Innovation
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Los andes y los alimentos del futuro. 50 andean future foods
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Working Paper
Integrating gender into Kenya’s evolving seed policies and regulations for roots and tubers
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Working Paper
Farmers’ demand for quality and nutritionally enhanced sweetpotato planting material: Evidence from experimental auctions in Rwanda
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Brochure
Newly released robust potato varieties in Uganda
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The impact of COVID-19 on labor migration and the roles of small-scale farming in the pandemic in Vietnam
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Journal Article
Impacts of COVID-19 on rural livelihoods in Bangladesh: Evidence using panel data
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Dynamic guardianship of potato landraces by Andean communities and the genebank of the International Potato Center
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Kompetitive Allele Specific PCR (KASP) Markers for Potato: An Effective Tool for Increased Genetic Gains
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Putting diverse farming households’ preferences and needs at the centre of seed system development
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Examining choice to advance gender equality in breeding research
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Unpacking the agroclimatic challenges and determinants of sweetpotato seed conservation and multiplication strategies by smallholder farmers in Southern Ethiopia
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Welcome. RTB Seed System Toolbox Course 25, 27, 28 Oct 2021
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Brief
Unleashing the potential of potato to increase food security in Uganda
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Stories of successful change from a nutrition sensitive agriculture intervention in Southern Bangladesh
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Sweetpotato in diverse economies: Women farmers in Ha Tinh province, Vietnam
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Women’s roles and opportunities in cassava value chains in Son La province in Vietnam: A technical report
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Phenotyping of productivity and resilience in sweetpotato under water stress through UAV-based multispectral and thermal imagery in Mozambique
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Genetic Identity, Diversity, and Population Structure of the International Potato Center’s Sweetpotato (I. batatas) Germplasm Collection
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Cartilla para la identificación de síntomas de la papa manchada (zebra chip)
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Cartilla para la identificación de síntomas de la punta morada de la papa
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La pomme de terre, une culture importante
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Comparative Phenotypic and Agronomic Assessment of Transgenic Potato with 3R-Gene Stack with Complete Resistance to Late Blight Disease
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Interlaboratory Comparison Study on Ribodepleted Total RNA High-Throughput Sequencing for Plant Virus Diagnostics and Bioinformatic Competence
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Genetic diversity determined by agronomic traits and SSR markers in two South American orange‐fleshed sweetpotato breeding populations with potential for population hybrid breeding
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Livelihood assets’ influence on Ugandan farmers’ control practices for Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW)
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Desafíos y oportunidades para el sector papa en la zona andina en el contexto de la COVID-19
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Correction for Ristaino et al., The persistent threat of emerging plant disease pandemics to global food security
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Cartilla descriptiva del psílido de la papa
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Avances de la intervención en agricultura y nutrición – proyecto anemia cero articulando en territorio con actores locales y regionales
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MODULE 1: Introduction to the potato crop
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MODULE 3: Potato pest and disease management
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Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato Puree for Bakery Applications in East Africa. Delivering more vitamin-A through consumer-demanded products. Project Profile.
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Cryopreservation of Potato Shoot Tips for Long-Term Storage
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RapGreen, an interactive software and web package to explore and analyze phylogenetic trees
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Unpicking the Inter-relationships Between Off-Farm Livelihood Diversification, Household Characteristics, and Farm Management in the Rural Andes
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Incidence, spatial pattern and temporal progress of Fusarium wilt of bananas
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Factors influencing farmers’ dis-adoption and retention decisions for biofortified crops: the case of orange-fleshed sweetpotato in Mozambique
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Correction to: The Potato of the Future: Opportunities and Challenges in Sustainable Agri-Food Systems
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Suitability of root, tuber, and banana crops in Central Africa can be favoured under future climates
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Orange-fleshed sweetpotato: Strategies and lessons learned for achieving food security and health at scale in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report on the first virtual seminar for the course on the RTB Toolbox for Working with Root, Tuber and Banana Seed Systems. July 26, 28-29, 2021
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Association between Soil Acidity and Bacterial Wilt Occurrence in Potato Production in Ethiopia
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Comparing backslopped and spontaneous fermentation based on the chemical composition and sensory properties of gari
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Determinants of Women’s Decision-Making Power in Pest and Disease Management: Evidence From Uganda
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Canopy Temperature as a Key Physiological Trait to Improve Yield Prediction under Water Restrictions in Potato
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Influence of bunch maturation and chemical precursors on acrylamide formation in starchy banana chips
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PL-4 (CIP596131.4): an Improved Potato Haploid Inducer
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Do Nutrition Education Approaches With Preschoolers and Their Caregivers Influence Retention of Biofortified Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato on Farms?: Evidence From Homa Bay County, Kenya
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Complete mitochondrial genome of banana skipper Erionota torus Evans (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) and phylogenetic analysis
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Batatas Nativas: do Cultivo Esquecido ao Boom Culinário e Inovação de Mercado
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Tripal, a community update after 10 years of supporting open source, standards-based genetic, genomic and breeding databases
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Genetic divergence of sweet potato genotypes based on morpho-agronomic traits
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Report of the virtual RTB ISC Annual Meeting 2021. The Grand Finale. July 7-9, 2021
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CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas 2020 Annual Report: Innovation and Impact
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Seed regulatory framework analysis. RTB Seed System Toolbox Course: 26, 28, 29 July 2021.
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RTB: Close out planning and Innovation catalog
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Cassava Seed Unit Analysis Toolkit RTB Seed System Toolbox Course: 26, 28, 29 July 2021.
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Four-square Method for Intervening in Root, Tuber and Banana Seed Systems. RTB Seed System Toolbox Course: 26, 28, 29 July 2021
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Experimental auctions. RTB Seed System Toolbox Course: 26, 28, 29 July 2021.
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Review day 2 and program day 3. RTB Seed System Toolbox Course: 26, 28, 29 July 2021.
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Flagship Project 4: Nutritious food & value added
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Review day 1 and program day 2. RTB Seed System Toolbox Course: 26, 28, 29 July 2021.
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Welcome. RTB Seed System Toolbox Course 26, 28, 29 July 2021
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Seed tracing RTB Seed System Toolbox Course: 26, 28, 29 July 2021.
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Seed Tracker. RTB Seed System Toolbox Course: 26, 28, 29 July 2021.
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Flagship Project 5: Transitioning for Impact@Scale
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Flagship Project 1: Enhanced Genetic Resources
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Descriptors for Documenting Innovations and their Contributions to Impact
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Sensitivity of Potato Yield and Biomass to Climate Change Effects in Gisozi, Burundi, and Washington, USA, and Assessment of LINTUL4 Model Behavior
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How useful are perception- and experienced-based measures in predicting actual food choice? Evidence from an in-store field experiment using a multi-response approach
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Sensory analysis for potato and sweetpotato
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Identification of Elite Potato Clones with Resistance to Late Blight Through Participatory Varietal Selection in Peru
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Expanding industrial uses of sweetpotato for food security and poverty alleviation
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Analysis of β-amylase gene (Amyβ) variation reveals allele association with low enzyme activity and increased firmness in cooked sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) from East Africa
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An integrated seed health strategy and phytosanitary risk assessment: Potato in the Republic of Georgia
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Strategic Research Priority Assessment Toolkit
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Tools for Gender-responsive breeding
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The potato value chain in Uganda, its actors, and the status of their business linkages. Research Brief 04
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Regulatory Options to Improve Seed Systems for Vegetatively Propagated Crops in Developing Countries
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A Review of Digital Data Resources on Innovation and Impact
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Challenge of virus disease threats to ensuring sustained uptake of vitamin-A-rich sweetpotato in Africa
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The persistent threat of emerging plant disease pandemics to global food security
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Yield Response of an Ensemble of Potato Crop Models to Elevated CO2 in Continental Europe
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RTB Innovation Catalog – Method and Work Plan
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Incidence and distribution of Sweetpotato viruses and their implication on sweetpotato seed system in Malawi
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A Primer on the Analysis of High-Throughput Sequencing Data for Detection of Plant Viruses
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Comparative analysis of chloroplast genomes of cultivars and wild species of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam)
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Population structure of Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary in Ethiopia
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Discovery of a major QTL for root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) resistance in cultivated sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas)
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Transcriptome analysis provides insights into the responses of sweet potato to sweet potato virus disease (SPVD)
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Molecular diversity and pathogenicity of Ralstonia solanacearum species complex associated with bacterial wilt of potato in Rwanda
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Các lựa chọn về chính sách nhằm thúc đẩy hệ thống cung ứng giống ở Việt Nam. Tóm Tắt Khuyến Nghị Chính Sách 1.
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The contribution of community nutrition scholars towards more nutritious diets for young children in Southern Bangladesh. Research Brief 01
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When Is Choice Empowering? Examining Gender Differences in Varietal Adoption through Case Studies from Sub-Saharan Africa
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Genetic variation and response to selection for storage root dry matter and associated traits in a population of yam bean (Pachyrhizus spp.) interspecies crosses
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Breeding Progress for Vitamin A, Iron and Zinc Biofortification, Drought Tolerance, and Sweetpotato Virus Disease Resistance in Sweetpotato
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Response of potato crop to selected nutrients in central and eastern highlands of Kenya
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Gender and social dimensions of pest and disease control: A call for collaboration
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Iron concentration of potato and sweetpotato clones as affected by location
Training Material
Description sheet to the gender plus product profile query tool (G+PP).
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Policy options for advancing seed systems in Vietnam. Policy Brief 01
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Newsletter
A reality check for digital agricultural extension tool development and use
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Business skills training guide for potato farmer organizations and cooperatives: A guide for business skills and enterprise development
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Posibilidades de inversión: adaptación al cambio climático
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Brief
Distinguishing apical cuttings from stem cuttings for potato.
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Journal Article
Policy options for advancing seed systems for vegetatively propagated crops in Vietnam
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Processing methods affect phytochemical contents in products prepared from orange‐fleshed sweetpotato leaves and roots
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A Behavioral Intervention Increases Consumption of a New Biofortified Food by School Children: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Nigeria
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Consumer Preference Testing of Boiled Sweetpotato Using Crowdsourced Citizen Science in Ghana and Uganda
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User guide to the standard operating procedure for G+ tools (G+SOP)
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User Guide to the G+ Customer Profile Tool (G+ CP)
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User Guide to the G+ Product Profile Query Tool (G+ PP)
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Gender Report and template Forms for G+ Tools
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Senior Expert Contributions to One CGIAR Program Development: Private Sector Engagement
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Trends in Varietal Diversity of Main Staple Crops in Asia and Africa and Implications for Sustainable Food Systems
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User guide to experimental auctions of vegetatively propagated seed. RTB User Guide
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Description sheet to impact network analysis (INA)
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User guide to seed tracing. RTB User Guide
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Description sheet to the sustainable early generation seed business analytics tool (SEGSBAT)
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Description sheet to the multi-stakeholder framework for intervening in root, tuber and banana seed systems.
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User guide to impact network analysis (INA). RTB User Guide
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User guide to the sustainable early generation seed business analysis tool (SEGSBAT)
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User guide to the four-square method for intervening in root, tuber and banana seed systems. RTB User Guide
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Description sheet to the four-square method for intervening in root, tuber and banana seed systems
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User guide to the seedHealth model as part of the integrated seed health approach. RTB User Guide
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Description sheet to seed tracing
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Tool description sheet to the small N exploratory case study
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Tool description sheet to experimental auctions of vegetatively propagated seed
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Journal Article
Health crisis and quarantine measures in Peru: Effects on livelihoods of coffee and potato farmers
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Breaking through the 40% adoption ceiling: Mind the seed system gaps -a perspective on seed systems research for development in One CGIAR
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Promoviendo el comercio de cultivos nativos para mejorar los medios de vida rurales en los Andes
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Exploring the regulatory space for improving availability, access and quality of vegetatively propagated crop seed: potato in Kenya
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Effect of food safety training on behavior change of food handlers: A case of orange-fleshed sweetpotato purée processing in Kenya
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The curious case of C-88: impacts of a potato variety on farmers in Yunnan, China
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Potato virus A isolates from three continents: their biological properties, phylogenetics and prehistory
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Native Potatoes: From Forgotten Crop to Culinary Boom and Market Innovation
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Guía de práctica de campo. Monitoreo de rasgos funcionales en los cultivos para la detección de estrés temprano: La conductancia estomática y termografía infrarroja como herramienta de medidas claves
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The poverty impacts of improved soybean technologies in Malawi
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Effects of pressure and temperature on the physico‑chemical properties and acrylamide formation of starchy banana chips during the post‑frying centrifuge step
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CRISPR/Cas9-mediated editing of DMR6 orthologue in banana (Musa spp.) confers enhanced resistance to bacterial disease
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The Status and Challenges of Sustainable Intensification of Rice-Potato Systems in Southern China
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Consumer preferences and socioeconomic factors decided on plantain and plantain-based products in the central region of Cameroon and Oyo state, Nigeria
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Manual
User Guide to Means-End Chain Analysis: The Data Analysis Manual
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Reconocimiento y manejo de artrópodos asociados al cultivo de la yuca (Manihot esculenta Crantz) en Ecuador
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Scaling Readiness
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Punta morada de la papa: ¿cómo se puede manejar esta “enfermedad” en el Ecuador?
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Agriculture in intergenerational relations: Ethnic Thai youth in northern Vietnam
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Productivity in Agriculture for a Sustainable Future
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Innovation and the Quest to Feed the World
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Open Innovation and Value Creation in Crop Genetics
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Digital Technologies, Big Data, and Agricultural Innovation
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Rethinking Adoption and Diffusion as a Collective Social Process: Towards an Interactional Perspective
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Development of Sustainable Business Models for Innovation in the Swedish Agri-sector: Resource-Effective Producer or Stewardship-Based Entrepreneur?
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Innovating at Marketing and Distributing Nutritious Foods at the Base of the Pyramid (BoP): Insights from 2SCALE, the Largest Incubator for Inclusive Agribusiness in Africa
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Adoption and Effects of Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato Varieties in Malawi
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Senior Expert Contributions to OneCGIAR Program Development. The science of scaling innovations from a systems perspective. Netherlands-CGIAR Partnership.
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Senior Expert Contributions to One CGIAR Program Development. Supporting inclusive breeding and seed system transformation. Netherlands-CGIAR Partnership.
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Senior Expert Contributions to One CGIAR Program Development. Eco-regional approaches. Netherlands-CGIAR Partnership.
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International e-learning for farmers: Gender and Agriculture
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International e-learning for farmers: Gender and Agriculture (a short version)
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CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas – Plan of Work and Budget 2020
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Genetic characterization of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) genotypes using agro-morphological and single nucleotide polymorphism markers
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Managing complexity and uncertainty in agricultural innovation through adaptive project design and implementation
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Economic and psychosocial factors associated with management of bacteria wilt disease in smallholder potato farms: Evidence from Kenya
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Review of knowledge to guide product development and breeding for sweetpotato frying quality in West Africa
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Gender mainstreaming in local potato seed system in Georgia
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Manual
Procedures for standard evaluation and data management of advanced potato clones Module 12. Post-Harvest Traits. International Cooperators’ Guide
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The tricot citizen science approach applied to on-farm variety evaluation: methodological progress and perspectives
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The cassava seed system in Nigeria: Opportunities and challenges for policy and regulatory reform
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Report
Toward more nutritious diets for young children in southern Bangladesh: Assessing the contribution of Community Nutrition Scholars and identifying constraints to utilization of orange-fleshed sweetpotato
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BASICS Phase I Final Report
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First Report of Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera rostochiensis) Infecting Potato (Solanum tuberosum) in Rwanda
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A simple PCR-based method for the rapid and accurate identification of spider mites (Tetranychidae) on cassava
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Effects of hydroxycinnamic acid esters on sweetpotato weevil feeding and oviposition and interactions with Bacillus thuringiensis proteins
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Communicative interventions for collective action in the management of potato late blight: evidence from a framed field game experiment in Ethiopia
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How the CGIAR contributes to policy change: learning from four cases
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Sensory characteristics and consumer segmentation of fried sweetpotato for expanded markets in Africa
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Enhancing climate resilience of rain-fed potato through legume intercropping and silicon application
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Revisiting intercropping indices with respect to potato-legume intercropping systems
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Iron absorption from iron-biofortified sweetpotato is higher than regular sweetpotato in Malawian women while iron absorption from regular and iron-biofortified potatoes is high in Peruvian women
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Decentralised sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) vine multiplication in Lake Zone, Tanzania: Five years later
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A temperature-driven model for potato yellow vein virus transmission efficacy by Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)
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User guide to means-end chain analysis. RTB User Guide
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Glossary of root, tuber and banana seed systems. RTB User Guide
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User guide to the toolbox for working with root, tuber and banana seed systems. RTB User guide
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User guide to the multi-stakeholder framework for intervening in root, tuber and banana seed systems. RTB User Guide
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User guide to the small N exploratory case study. RTB user guide
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Hackathon to develop market segments and product profiles for breeding programs
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Publicaciones y agradecimientos. Guía 2020
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Rooted apical cuttings of potato – Good practices for planting, maintenance, harvesting and storage of tubers (flyer)
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Integrated agriculture nutrition education with orange fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) improved maternal knowledge, food security and dietary intakes in rural Tanzania
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Rooted apical cuttings of potato – Good practices for planting, maintenance, harvesting and storage of tubers
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Innovation profile to scale apical cuttings of potato
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A stable isotope study in Peruvian women demonstrates higher iron bioavailability in a yellow fleshed potato variety compared to a high iron purple fleshed potato
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Brief
Individual ambient ware potato storage excels in Uganda. Research Brief 06
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Roots, Tubers and Bananas: a gendered approach to food security, nutrition and income
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Development of a cassava seed certification system in Rwanda: Evaluation of CGIAR contributions to a policy outcome trajectory
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Development of a cassava seed certification system in Tanzania: Evaluation of CGIAR contributions to a policy outcome trajectory
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Current status of knowledge about end-user preferences for boiled potato in Uganda – A food science, gender and demand perspective
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Control of potato purple top in Ecuador: Evaluation of CGIAR contributions to a policy outcome trajectory
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CRP 2020 Reviews: Roots, Tubers and Bananas
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Journal Article
Strategies to revise agrosystems and breeding to control Fusarium wilt of banana
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Filling the gaps in gene banks: collecting, characterizing and phenotyping wild banana relatives of Papua New Guinea
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Challenges for ex situ conservation of wild bananas: seeds collected in Papua New Guinea have variable levels of desiccation tolerance
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Complete plastome assemblies from a panel of 13 diverse potato taxa
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Assembly of whole-chromosome pseudomolecules for polyploid plant genomes using outbred mapping populations
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Prioritizing quality traits for gender‐responsive breeding for boiled potato in Uganda
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Intraspecific diversity as a reservoir for heat-stress tolerance in sweet potato
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Development of a fast and user-friendly cryopreservation protocol for sweet potato genetic resources
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Cleaning cocopeat for production of potato rooted apical cuttings
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The vital importance of RTB crops in the One CGIAR portfolio. Research Brief 02
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Planting and management of potato rooted apical cuttings: A field guide
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Rooted apical cuttings for on-farm seed production for potato – Kenya
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Rooted apical cuttings for on-farm seed production for potato – Uganda
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A superior technology to control Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW) in Rwanda
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Apical rooted cuttings for cheaper potato seeds. Research Brief 04
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The Innovation Revolution in Agriculture. A Roadmap to Value Creation
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Gender responsive communication tools and approaches for scaling the Triple S Technology in Ethiopia and Ghana
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Banana biomass estimation and yield forecasting from non-destructive measurements for two contrasting cultivars and water regimes
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Module 2: Gestion intégrée du sol, de la culture et de l’eau
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Assessing Genetic Diversity of Three Species of Potato Tuber Moths (Gelechiidae, Lepidoptera) in the Ecuadorian Highlands
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Mainstreaming of biofortification in the African Union: Evaluation of CGIAR contributions to a policy outcome trajectory
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Sequencing depth and genotype quality: accuracy and breeding operation considerations for genomic selection applications in autopolyploid crops
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Phenology-adjusted stress severity index to assess genotypic responses to terminal drought in field grown potato
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Breeding farmer and consumer preferred sweetpotatoes using accelerated breeding scheme and mother–baby trials
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Development of a food product profile for boiled and steamed sweetpotato in Uganda for effective breeding
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Quality and psychosocial factors influencing purchase of orange‐fleshed sweet potato bread
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Banana pest risk assessment along banana trade axes running from low to high altitude sites, in the Eastern DR Congo and in Burundi
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Science of scaling: Understanding and guiding the scaling of innovation for societal outcomes
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A contingent valuation analysis for assessing the market for genetically modified planting materials among banana producing households in Uganda
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Potential short-term memory induction as a promising method for increasing drought tolerance in sweetpotato crop wild relatives (Ipomoea series Batatas (Choisy) D. F. Austin)
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Gender, labor migration and changes in small-scale farming on Vietnam’s north-central coast
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Everything you ever wanted to know about sweetpotato: Reaching agents of change ToT manual. 6: Gender and diversity aspects. Monitoring of OFSP dissemination and uptake (Amharic)
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Everything you ever wanted to know about sweetpotato: Reaching agents of change ToT manual. 5: Harvesting and postharvest management, processing and utilisation, marketing and entrepreneurship (Amharic)
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Standard operating procedures for sweetpotato breeding data management. COP Breeding Data Management SweetGAINS
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Everything you ever wanted to know about sweetpotato: Reaching agents of change ToT manual. 2: Orange-fleshed sweetpotato and nutrition (Amharic)
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Procedures for standard evaluation and data management of advanced potato clones. Summary guide to selecting potato clones for drought tolerance under field conditions international cooperators’ guide
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Everything you ever wanted to know about sweetpotato: Reaching agents of change ToT manual. 4: Sweetpotato production and management; sweetpotato pest and disease management (Amharic)
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Everything you ever wanted to know about sweetpotato: Reaching agents of change ToT manual. 1: Helping adults to learn. Origin and importance of sweetpotato. Sweetpotato varietal selection and characteristics (Amharic)
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Procedures for standard evaluation and data management of advanced potato clones. Practical guide to assessing potato clones for drought tolerance under field conditions
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Everything you ever wanted to know about sweetpotato: Reaching agents of change ToT manual. 3: Sweetpotato seed systems (Amharic)
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Everything you ever wanted to know about sweetpotato: Reaching agents of change ToT manual. 7: Using the everything you ever wanted to know about sweetpotato’ TOT course; Reflections (Amharic)
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Module 3: Lutte contre les maladies et les ravageurs de la pomme de terre
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Module 4: Les pratiques post-récolte
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Module 1: Introduction à la pomme de terre
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Prise en compte du genre dans la gestion des ravageurs et des maladies: Foire aux questions sur la collecte de données et les activités de vulgarisation tenant compte du genre
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Brochure
FoodSTART Africa – Eswatini. Harnessing the potential of nutritious sweetpotato to improve food and nutrition security
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Journal Article
Review of solar dryers for agricultural products in Asia and Africa: an innovation landscape approach
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Towards actionable farm typologies: Scaling adoption of agricultural inputs in Rwanda
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Assessing the Coverage of Biofortified Foods: Development and Testing of Methods and Indicators in Musanze, Rwanda. Current Developments in Nutrition
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Monitoring with social media: Experiences from “integrating” WhatsApp in the M&E system under sweet potato value chain
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Assessment of metabolic variability and diversity present in leaf, peel and pulp tissue of diploid and triploid Musa spp.
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A temperature-dependent phenology model for the greenhouse whitefly Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)
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Fried sweetpotato user preferences identified in Nigeria and Ghana and implications for trait evaluation
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Scaling readiness: Science and practice of an approach to enhance impact of research for development.
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The development of a multiplex PCR assay for the detection of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense lineage VI strains in East and Central Africa
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CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing of banana for disease resistance
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BLIGHTSIM: A new potato late blight model simulating the response of Phytophthora infestans to diurnal temperature and humidity fluctuations in relation to climate change
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Effect of varietal attributes on the adoption of an orange-fleshed sweetpotato variety in Upper East and Northern Ghana
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Unravelling the complex story of intergenomic recombination in ABB allotriploid bananas
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Brief
Considering gender in pest and disease management: FAQs for gender-responsive data collection and extension work
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Considering gender in pest and disease management: FAQs for gender-responsive data collection and extension work (Swahili)
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Considering gender in pest and disease management: FAQs for gender-responsive data collection and extension work (Georgian).
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Cómo abordar la temática de género en el manejo de plagas y enfermedades: Preguntas y respuestas frecuentes sobre la recolección de datos y trabajos de extensión con enfoque de género
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Okulwanyisa ebiwuka n’endwadde z’ebimera nga tukwatidde wamu abakyala n’abaami: Ebibuuzo ebitera okubuuzibwa abakyala n’abaami nga tunoonyereza wamu n’okusomesa abalimi
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Brief
Considering gender in pest and disease management: FAQs for gender-responsive data collection and extension work (Vietnamese).
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Brochure
CIP in Ethiopia
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Report
SweetGAINS project Speed Breed and Seed Community of Practice-West Africa virtual meeting report (27,29 May; 1,3,5 June 2020)
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Journal Article
Farmer demand and willingness-to-pay for sweetpotato silage-based diet as pig feed in Uganda
Report
RTB Annual Report 2019: Building for better science
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Effect of pruning young branches on fruit and seed set in cassava
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Journal Article
The root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita, profoundly affects the production of popular biofortified cassava cultivars
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Identification and control of latent bacteria in in vitro cultures of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam)
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Identificación de clones de papa con pulpa pigmentada de alto rendimiento comercial y mejor calidad de fritura: Estabilidad y análisis multivariado de la interacción genotipo-ambiente
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A gender perspective on pest and disease management from the cases of roots, tubers and bananas in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
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Resilient agri-food systems for nutrition amidst COVID-19: evidence and lessons from food-based approaches to overcome micronutrient deficiency and rebuild livelihoods after crises
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Is there a space for medium-sized cassava seed growers in Nigeria?
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Impact and opportunities of agroecological intensification strategies on farm performance: A case study of banana-based systems in Central and South-Western Uganda
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Data synthesis for crop variety evaluation. A review
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Global cropland connectivity: A risk factor for invasion and saturation by emerging pathogens and pests
Manual
Bonnes pratiques agricoles pour la multiplication en champ de semence de pomme de terre au Cameroun. Manuel du semencier
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Manual
Good agricultural practices for field multiplication of seed potato in Cameroon. Producer manual
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Report
Third AsiaBlight Meeting. Beijing, China, 25-27 October 2019
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CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas 2019 Annual Report
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Journal Article
Review of empirical and emerging breeding methods and tools for yam (Dioscorea spp.) improvement: status and prospects
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Research-development partnerships for scaling complex innovation: Lessons from the Farmer Business School in IFAD-supported loan-grant collaborations in Asia.
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Effectiveness of resistance inductors for potato late blight management in Peru.
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Life history and temperature-dependence of cassava-colonising populations of Bemisia tabaci
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Characterization of distinct strains of an aphid-transmitted ilarvirus (Fam. Bromoviridae) infecting different hosts from South America
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Unraveling ecophysiological mechanisms in potatoes under different irrigation methods: A preliminary field evaluation
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Morphological and metabolic profiling of a tropical‐adapted potato association panel subjected to water recovery treatment reveals new insights into plant vigor
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Identification of natural resistance mediated by recognition of Phytophthora infestans effector gene Avr3aEM in potato
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Fish, roots, tubers and bananas: opportunities and constraints for agri-food system integration
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Advances in cryopreservation of in vitro-derived propagules: technologies and explant sources
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Innovation in Tigernut (Cyperus Esculentus L.) milk production: in situ hydrolysis of starch
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Improving rapid multiplication of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L. (Lam)) pre-basic seed using sandponics technology in East Africa.
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Yield potential of sandponically produced sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam) pre-basic seed for selected genotypes
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Metagenomic insights of the root colonizing microbiome associated with symptomatic and infected fields
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Radiation interception, conversion and partitioning efficiency in potato landraces: How far are we from the optimum?
Working Paper
Integrating fish, roots, tubers and bananas in food systems: Opportunities and constraints.
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The influence of minisett size and time of planting on the yield of seed yam (Dioscorea Rotundata)
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Brief
Diffused light stores: Locally adapted solution for seed potato storage
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Farmer demand for clean planting material of biofortified and non-biofortified vegetatively propagated crop varieties: The case of sweetpotato
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Multiple QTL mapping in autopolyploids: A random-effect model approach with application in a hexaploid sweetpotato full-sib population
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The performance of a wide range of plantain cultivars at three contrasting altitude sites in North Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
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Efficient elimination of Yam mosaic virus (YMV) from white yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir.) by cryotherapy of axillary buds
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Predictors of intention to integrate biofortified orange-fleshed sweetpotato in child feeding: A field information experiment in rural Kenya
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Andean potato diversity conserved in the International Potato Center genebank helps develop agriculture in Uganda: the example of the variety ‘Victoria’
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Storage root yield of sweetpotato as influenced by sweetpotato leaf curl virus and its interaction with sweetpotato feathery mottle virus and sweetpotato chlorotic stunt virus in Kenya.
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Assessment of soil fertility and potato crop nutrient status in central and eastern highlands of Kenya.
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Deep RNA-seq analysis reveals key responding aspects of wild banana relative resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4
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Xanthomonas Wilt of banana drives changes in land-use and ecosystem services across Infected landscapes
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Cooking dependent loss of metabolites in potato breeding lines and their wild and landrace relatives.
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Nutrient-dense orange-fleshed sweetpotato: advances in drought-tolerance breeding and understanding of management practices for sustainable next-generation cropping systems in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Responding to future regime shifts with agrobiodiversity: A multi-level perspective on small-scale farming in Uganda
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Report
Report on the status of Attiéké production in Côte d’Ivoire
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Report
Report of Virtual Conference. BASICS Phase I – Achievements and Learnings Meeting. May 18-19, 2020
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Distribution, prevalence, and severity of damages caused by nematodes on yam (Dioscorea Rotundata) in Nigeria
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Antimicrobial activity of selected banana cultivars against important human pathogens, including candida biofilm
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Identification of additional/novel QTL associated with resistance to cassava green mite in a biparental mapping population
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Development of diagnostic SNP markers for quality assurance and control in sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) breeding programs.
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Heritability and genetic gains for iron and zinc concentration in diploid potato
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Correlation and path analysis for yield and yield-related traits of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) in Karnataka
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Analysis of a monitoring system for bacterial wilt management by seed potato cooperatives in Ethiopia: Challenges and future directions
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A simple, hand-held decision support designed tool to help resource-poor farmers improve potato late blight management
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Sustainable intensification of agri-food systems in the Indo-Gangetic Plain: Intensification with potato promises increased income and food security, but trade-offs must be considered
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Potato-legume intercropping enhances climate resilience and adaptive capacity of smallholder farmers. Research Brief 03.
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Brief
Increasing sweetpotato yield through modern production technology (Bengali).
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Working Paper
Policy options for advancing seed systems for vegetatively propagated crops in Vietnam.
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Report
Promoting (pro) vitamin A-rich bananas: A chronology
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Production of banana bunchy top virus (BBTV)-free plantain plants by in vitro culture
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Drought Tolerant Rice for Ensuring Food Security in Eastern India
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Understanding innovation: The development and scaling of orange-fleshed sweetpotato in major African food systems.
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The importance of the light spectrum in a high-throughput phenotyping lab concept: evaluating transpiration and biomass growth of different banana cultivars under different blue/red light ratios
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Optimizing soil nitrogen balance in a potato cropping system through legume intercropping.
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Vitamin A deficiency in Bangladesh and ongoing interventions to address
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Agronomic assessment of phosphorus efficacy for potato (Solanum tuberosum L) under legume intercrops.
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Badnaviruses of sweet potato: Symptomless coinhabitants on a global scale.
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YIIFSWA-II leadership, partnership, and collaboration in 2019
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Upscaling cassava processing machines and products in Liberia
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Overview of YIIFSWA II database
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Presentation
Capacity strengthening and breeder seed yam production
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Seed yam quality assurance
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Seed yam production at GoSeed
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Journal Article
Screening preemergence herbicides for weed control in cassava
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Cassava Root Necrosis Disease (CRND): a new crop disease spreading in western Democratic Republic of Congo and in some central African countries
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Comparative analysis for producing sweetpotato pre-basic seed using sandponics and conventional systems.
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Genetic variability and gain for storage root yield and yield components in yam beans
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Genomic outcomes of haploid induction crosses in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)
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Population structure and host range of the potato late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans in Peru spanning two decades.
Presentation
Ware yam production demonstrations in Nigeria using good agronomic practices and some seed production options
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Report
Gender analysis of sweetpotato value chains: The impact of introducing orange-fleshed varieties to industrial buyers in Homa Bay and Bungoma, Kenya.
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Journal Article
Governing a collective bad: Social learning in the management of crop diseases.
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Quantitative trait loci and diferential gene expression analyses reveal the genetic basis for negatively associated beta‑carotene and starch content in hexaploid sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam).
Book Chapter
The potato and its contribution to the human diet and health.
Journal Article
Development of an open-source thermal image processing software for improving irrigation management in potato crops (Solanum tuberosum L.).
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Unraveling the hexaploid sweetpotato inheritance using ultra-dense multilocus mapping.
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Integrated application of organic and blended mineral fertilizers improves potato productivity and income for smallholder farmers in acidic soils.
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The mutation of a PECTATE LYASE-LIKE gene is responsible for the Yellow Margin phenotype in potato
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Variance component estimations and mega‐environments for sweetpotato breeding in West Africa.
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Phytochemicals in leaves and roots of selected Kenyan orange fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) varieties.
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Genome-wide association study identified candidate genes controlling continuous storage root formation and bulking in hexaploid sweetpotato
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Sustainable intensification of rice-based systems with potato in eastern indo-gangetic plains.
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Taller internacional sobre prevencion de la diseminacion de las principales plagas y enfermedades de la papa en la region andina. Informe del taller de RTB.
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Brief
Case for investment: Climate change adaptation.
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Case for investment: Inclusive growth.
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Case for investment: Nutrition.
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Book
Scaling readiness: Concepts, practices, and implementation.
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Book
The potato crop. Its agricultural, nutritional and social contribution to humankind.
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Dissemination of climate-smart, consumer-demanded potato varieties in the mid-elevation highlands of Kenya. Project profile.
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New sources of resistance to potato late blight disease in Peru. Project profile.
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Boosting potato production to enhance rural livelihoods—Georgia. Project profile.
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Late blight resistant potato for Africa. Project profile.
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Developing integrated value chains to enhance rural smallholder incomes and food security year-round. DIVERSIFY Malawi. Project profile.
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Potato for nutrition, food security, and economic wellbeing in Haryana, India. Project profile.
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SweetGAINS Africa. Project profile.
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Sweetpotato bread for better nutrition-South Africa. Tackling malnutrition and driving business growth. Project profile.
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WINNN Nigeria. Nutrition-sensitive kitchen garden intervention. Project profile.
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One world, no hunger initiative. Enhancing technical support to potato working groups in Cameroon, India, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Tunisia and Uganda. Project profile.
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Report
The role of root and tuber crops in strengthening agri‐food system resilience in Asia. A literature review and selective stakeholder assessment.
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Book Chapter
Potato breeding.
Journal Article
Physicochemical properties and total carotenoid content of high-quality unripe plantain flour from varieties of hybrid plantain cultivars
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Brief
Apantu: Bananas rich in pro-vitamin A carotenoids
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Lahi: Bananas rich in pro-vitamin A carotenoids
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Working Paper
Collective action for inclusive value-chain innovation: Implementation and results of the Participatory Market Chain Approach
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Genetic parameters and gain from selection in sweet potato genotypes with high beta-carotene content
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RTB Meeting Report: Piloting the G+ Tools
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Journal Article
Combining experiential and social learning approaches for crop disease management in a smallholder context: a complex socio-ecological problem
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Knowledge Sharing and Piloting Tools for Gender Responsive Product Profile Development
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Book Chapter
Potato seed systems.
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Cassava mosaic viruses (Geminiviridae)
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Insect pests affecting potatoes in tropical, subtropical, and temperate regions.
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Bacterial diseases of potato.
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Maria Isabel Andrade: Sweetpotato breeder, technology transfer, specialist and advocate.
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Genetics and cytogenetics of the potato.
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Gender topics on potato research and development.
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Fungal, oomycete, and plasmodiophorid diseases of potato.
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Participatory research (PR) at CIP with potato farming systems in the Andes: evolution and prospects.
Book Chapter
Viral diseases in potato.
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Global food security, contributions from sustainable potato agri-food systems.
Book Chapter
CRISPR-Cas9-based genome editing of banana
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Plant resistance to Geminiviruses
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Ex Situ conservation of potato [Solanum Section Petota (Solanaceae)] genetic resources in genebanks.
Book Chapter
Enhancing value chain innovation through collective action: lessons from the Andes, Africa, and Asia
Book Chapter
The genes and genomes of the potato.
Journal Article
Gender and trait preferences for banana cultivation and use in Sub-Saharan Africa: A literature review
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Journal Article
Improving root characterisation for genomic prediction in cassava
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Journal Article
Does institution type affect access to finance for cassava actors in Nigeria?
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Effective altruism as an ethical lens on research priorities
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Unlocking the microbiome communities of Banana (Musa spp.) under disease stressed (Fusarium wilt) and non-stressed conditions
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Visual cues from different trap colours affect catches of Sahlbergella singularis (Hemiptera: Miridae) in sex pheromone traps in Cameroon cocoa plantations
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Enset‐based agricultural systems in Ethiopia: A systematic review of production trends, agronomy, processing and the wider food security applications of a neglected banana relative
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Genotyping-by-sequencing to unlock genetic diversity and population structure in white yam (dioscorea rotundata poir.)
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Women eat more rice and banana: the influence of gender and migration on staple food choice in East Africa
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End-user preferences for plantain food products in Nigeria and implications for genetic improvement
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Post-harvest technology change in cassava processing: a choice paradigm
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Breeding banana (Musa spp.) for drought tolerance: A review
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Exploring solution spaces for nutrition-sensitive agriculture in Kenya and Vietnam
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The suckering behaviour of plantains (Musa, AAB) can be viewed as part of an evolved reproductive strategy
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Potato cyst nematodes: a new threat to potato production in east Africa
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Genomic prediction and quantitative trait locus discovery in a cassava training population constructed from multiple breeding stages
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Seed yam production from whole tubers versus minisetts
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The transformation and outcome of traditional cassava starch processing in Guangxi, China
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Genetic diversity of provitamin-A cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) in Sierra Leone
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Surveillance and diagnostics of the emergent Sri Lankan cassava mosaic virus (Fam. Geminiviridae) in Southeast Asia
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Popular biofortified cassava cultivars are heavily impacted by plant parasitic nematodes, especially Meloidogyne Spp.
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Optimizing soil fertility management strategies to enhance banana production in volcanic soils of the northern highlands, Tanzania
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Assessment of the suitability of different cassava varieties for gari and fufu flour production in Liberia
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The influence of social networking on food security status of cassava farming households in Nigeria
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Nanopore-based complete genome sequence of a Sri Lankan cassava mosaic virus (Geminivirus) strain from Thailand
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Public and private investments for banana Xanthomonas Wilt control in Uganda: The economic feasibility for smallholder farmers
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Metabolic profiles of six African cultivars of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) highlight bottlenecks of root yield
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Review of varietal change in roots, tubers and bananas: consumer preferences and other drivers of adoption and implications for breeding
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Antiviral and cytotoxic activity of different plant parts of banana (Musa spp.)
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Genetic diversity of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) colonizing sweet potato and cassava in South Sudan
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Plant tissue analysis as a tool for predicting fertiliser needs for low cyanogenic glucoside levels in cassava roots: an assessment of its possible use
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Not only the seed matters: Farmers’ perceptions of sources for banana planting materials in Uganda
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Evaluation of Mchare and Matooke Bananas for Resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Race 1
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Metabolite database for root, tuber and banana crops to facilitate modern breeding in understudied crops
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Manual
Virus elimination and testing in cassava: a practical manual
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Internal Document
RTB Branding Guidelines 2020
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Internal Document
RTB Publications and Acknowledgements Guidelines 2020
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Recettes pour les bananes riches en Vitamine A: Développées pour le Sud Kivu, République Démocratique du Congo
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Lai: Bananier riche en caroténoïdes Pro Vitamine A
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Recipes for vitamin A-rich bananas: developed for South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Lai: Bananas rich in pro-vitamin A carotenoids
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Bira: Bananas rich in pro-vitamin A carotenoids
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Lahi: Bananier riche en caroténoïdes Pro Vitamine A
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To’o: Bananas rich in pro-vitamin A carotenoids
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Pelipita: Bananas rich in pro-vitamin A carotenoids
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To’o: Bananier riche en caroténoïdes Pro Vitamine A
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Apantu: Bananier riche en caroténoïdes Pro Vitamine A
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Pelipita: Bananier riche en caroténoïdes Pro Vitamine A
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Bira: Bananier riche en caroténoïdes Pro Vitamine A
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Manual
A guide to the production of High-Quality Cassava Peel® mash as a feed for livestock
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Brochure
Driving adaptation in mountains through community-and-ecosystem-based innovations. Side event at CoP 25.
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Journal Article
The productivity and income effects of adoption of improved soybean varieties and agronomic practices in Malawi
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Nutrition and food security impacts of quality seeds of biofortified orange-fleshed sweetpotato: Quasi-experimental evidence from Tanzania
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Breeding new sweetpotato genotypes combining elevated content of two antagonistic traits of high dry matter and beta-carotene content in a high root yield background
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Una aproximación a la medición de pérdidas de alimento en la cadena de la papa en Ecuador y Perú
Working Paper
A comparative study on banana seed systems in Mbarara district, western Uganda and Mukono district, central Uganda
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Working Paper
Post-harvest use of banana in Uganda and Tanzania: Product characteristics and cultivar preferences of male and female farmers.
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Working Paper
Characterizing Nigeria’s cassava seed system and the use of planting material in three farming communities
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Brochure
Linking farmers with markets – Bolivia and Peru. Implementation of farmer business school to improve small-scale farmer access to markets. Project profile
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Brochure
The USAID potato program in Georgia. Project profile.
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Report
FoodSTART+ Grant completion report.
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Book Chapter
Gender norms and their implications for banana production and recovery in west Africa
Journal Article
Increasing potato equivalent yield increases returns to investment under potato-legume intercropping systems.
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Consumer knowledge and attitude towards orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) puree bread in Kenya.
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The role of legumes in the sustainable intensification of African smallholder agriculture: lessons learnt and challenges for the future
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Effects of in vitro polyploidization on agronomic characteristics and fruit carotenoid content; implications for banana genetic improvement
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Relationship between serum aflatoxin concentrations and the nutritional status of children aged 6-24 months from Zambia
Manual
Sweetpotato handbook for seed multiplication and inspection. Manual
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A taxonomic monograph of Ipomoea integrated across phylogenetic scales.
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The spatial-temporal dynamics of potato agrobiodiversity in the highlands of central Peru: a case study of smallholder management across farming landscapes.
Manual
Manual for sweetpotato pre‐basic seed production using the sandponics system.
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Brochure
EuroClima: Adopcion de mejores practicas agricolas climaticamente inteligentes en los andes. Perfil de proyecto.
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Working Paper
Metabolomics in CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB).
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Report
Orange‐fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) puree for fried and baked products in Kenya, Uganda, and Malawi project. 2019‐2020 Workplan review meeting.
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Journal Article
Effect of seed sett size on sprouting, shoot growth, and tuber yield of white guinea yam (Dioscorea rotundata)
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Women’s agency in changing contexts: A case study of innovation processes in Western Kenya
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Sweetpotato virus pathogen-tested planting material of susceptible varieties results in root yield increase in Uganda.
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The poverty impacts of improved cowpea varieties in Nigeria: a counterfactual analysis
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Historical introgressions from a wild relative of modern cassava improved important traits and may be under balancing selection
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Determinants of postharvest losses along smallholder producers maize and sweetpotato value chains: an ordered probit analysis
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Banana leaf pruning to facilitate annual legume intercropping as an intensification strategy in the East African highlands
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Short-term dynamics of soil organic matter fractions and microbial activity in smallholder potato-legume intercropping systems.
Manual
Laboratory manual for Phytophthora infestans work at CIP.
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Transformational adaptation of key root and tuber crops in Asia: Assessing crop suitability amidst climate change by species distribution modelling
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Video
Participatory varietal selection of potato in Bhutan.
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Participatory varietal selection of potato in Peru.
Brief
Recommended organic practices for the management of Potato Tuber Moth (PTM) in traditional country stores in Meghalaya, India.
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Working Paper
Gender situational analysis of the sweetpotato value chain in selected districts in Sidama and Gedeo Zones in southern Ethiopia.
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Brochure
Promoting employment, food security and nutrition in Mozambique. Sweetpotato-based job-opportunities for young people. Project profile.
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New center of excellence in potato and sweetpotato research – Karnataka, India. Project profile.
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Promocion de agronegocios en el Peru: sustitucion de papa importada para procesamiento industrial por papa nacional. Perfil de proyecto.
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Brochure
Promoting nutrition-sensitive potato value chains in Kenya. Project profile.
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Report
Biodiverse and nutritious potato improvement across Peru, Nepal, and Bhutan. Final results report.
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Journal Article
Effect of textured soy protein (TSP) inclusion on the sensory characteristics and acceptability of local dishes in Nigeria
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Nicaragua’s agroecological transition: Transformation or reconfiguration of the agri-food regime?
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Identification of candidate flowering and sex genes in white Guinea yam (D. rotundata Poir.) by SuperSAGE transcriptome profiling
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Presentation
Scaling of innovations and scaling readiness: What can ILRI do with it?
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Balanced nutrient requirements for maize in the northern Nigerian savanna: parameterization and validation of QUEFTS model
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Gendered processes of agricultural innovation in the Northern uplands of Vietnam.
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Intercropping optimizes soil temperature and increases crop water productivity and radiation use efficiency of rainfed potato.
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Molecular epidemiology of Ralstonia solanacearum species complex strains causing bacterial wilt of potato in Uganda.
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Bambara groundnut: an exemplar underutilised legume for resilience under climate change
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Potato virus Y; the Andean connection.
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Exposure to air pollutants and heat stress among resource-poor women entrepreneurs in small-scale cassava processing
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Extreme resistance to late blight disease by transferring 3 R genes from wild relatives into African farmer-preferred potato varieties.
Book
Connecting smallholder root and tuber growers to markets through Farmer Business Schools.
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Conference Paper
Developing and deploying non- and low-sweet sweetpotato cultivars for expanding markets.
Report
RTB Annual Report 2018: Making an Impact.
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Effects of lime and phosphorus rates on growth of hybrid Arabica coffee seedlings at Jimma, southwest Ethiopia
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Brief
Breeding for continuous storage root formation and bulking in sweetpotato.
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Agricultural technology adoption and household welfare: measurement and evidence
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The cryoprotectant PVS2 plays a crucial role in germinating Passiflora ligularis embryos after cryopreservation by influencing the mobilization of lipids and the antioxidant metabolism
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The horizontal gene transfer of Agrobacterium T-DNAs into the series Batatas (Genus Ipomoea) genome is not confined to hexaploid sweetpotato.
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Access to information, price expectations and welfare: the role of mobile phone adoption in Ethiopia
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High diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in natural and anthropized sites of a Brazilian tropical dry forest (Caatinga)
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What is the cost of integration? Evidence from an integrated health and agriculture project to improve nutrition outcomes in Western Kenya
Working Paper
Sharing experiences and developing collaboration to integrate gender in breeding programs.
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Brief
Pre-basic sweetpotato vine multiplication using a sandponics system.
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HARVESTPLUS enhancing on-farm access to vitamin A sweetpotato pathogen-tested planting material in Uganda: Strategies for sustainable adoption.
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Rapid field based diagnostic tool for the detection of sweetpotato viruses is now a reality.
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Major achievements in breeding for drought tolerance and high iron orange-fleshed sweetpotato in Mozambique: Lessons learned and achievements in phase 2 (2014-2019).
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Tackling virus resistance in hot spots.
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Breeding and prospects for low sweet sweetpotato in West Africa.
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Viable Sweetpotato Technologies in Africa (VISTA) Mozambique delivered orange-fleshed sweetpotato at Scale.
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The growth of the sweetpotato knowledge portal and social media as information hubs.
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Stories from the FoodSTART+ and SOLID collaboration on farmer business schools in Indonesia.
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The development & utilization of a breakthrough product: orange-fleshed sweetpotato puree.
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Efficiency of insect-proof net tunnels in reducing virus-related seed degeneration in sweetpotato.
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A breakthrough: Hybrid population breeding validated in Peru, Uganda, and Mozambique
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Is sweetpotato root production cost-effective when using planting material conserved in protected structures in high virus pressure areas?
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Sweetpotato seed systems community of practice – what are we learning? What are we practicing?
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Promoting OFSP for income, women’s empowerment, and nutrition: Lessons from Helen Keller International’s Programs in Burkina Faso, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
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Ghana’s KNUST: Equipping the next generation of sweetpotato change maker.
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A new method for estimating sweetpotato early generation seed requirements to supply commercial and institutional markets.
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Strengthening the SPHI community of practice: “A sweetpotato family, tremendously rewarding”.
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Genomic tools for sweetpotato improvement project (GT4SP).
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Brief
Quality diets for better health in Ethiopia.
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What motivates vine multipliers to continue once project support has ended? A case study from the Lake Zone, Tanzania.
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The sweetpotato breeding community of practice: Breeding in Africa for Africa (2009-2019).
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Bridging the gap between pre-basic seed producers and decentralized multipliers for a sustainable sweetpotato seed system in Tanzania.
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2019 Sweetpotato digital catalogue now available.
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Food and nutritional evaluation laboratory (FANEL): Growth towards a sustainable service unit.
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Developing integrated value chains to enhance rural smallholders’ incomes and food (DIVERSIFY) project-Malawi.
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Strategies for storage of orange-fleshed sweetpotato in Sub-Saharan Africa to ensure supplies for processing: Lessons learnt and the way forward.
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Scaling sweetpotato-led interventions to improve smallholders’ nutrition and food security in Tigray Region, Ethiopia.
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Early generation seed production for roots, tubers and bananas is financially viable for private sector seed companies in East Africa.
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Potential business models and financial feasibility of selected medium-scale business enterprises for orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) value-added products.
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Scaling Triple S PLUS with gender responsive tools and diverse scaling partners.
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Are begomoviruses a threat to sweetpotato production in Sub-Saharan Africa?
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Strengthening institutional systems for scaling up OFSP for improved nutrition and food security in Tigray and SNNPR, Ethiopia
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Nutritious maize-OFSP porridge helps diversity diet in school feeding programme in Malawi.
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The accelerated value chain development program: orange fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) value chain in Kenya.
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Moving ahead with the nutritious sweetpotato in Inhambane, Mozambique.
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Brief
Feed the Future Malawi improved seed systems and technologies (MISST) project: Orange-fleshed sweetpotato component
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Brief
Solar-powered storage in Mozambique: Lessons learned and way forward.
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Working Paper
Characterization of cassava production systems in Vietnam.
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Brochure
Root and tuber crops for agricultural transformation in Malawi. Project profile.
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Brochure
Smartphone-based diagnosis of crop diseases. Project profile.
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Brochure
Improving breeding in sub-Saharan Africa. Project profile.
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Understanding the adoption of root, tuber and banana crops in sub-Saharan Africa. Project profile.
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Orange-fleshed sweetpotato purée-based food applications, East Africa. Project profile.
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Scaling up sweetpotato-led interventions for nutrition and food security, Tigray region, Ethiopia. Project profile.
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Triple S PLUS: Scaling up gender-responsive technologies for enhancing sweetpotato productivity–Ethiopia and Ghana. Project profile.
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Development and delivery of biofortified crops at scale. Project profile.
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Orange-fleshed sweetpotato for nutrition and income-sub-Saharan Africa. Project profile.
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Brochure
Feed the Future Bangladesh – A systems approach to better nutrition. Project profile.
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Report
Farmer business schools in Bohol, the Philippines: A gender assessment.
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Journal Article
Food safety and adverse selection in rural maize markets
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Journal Article
Promoting the use of locally produced crops in making cereal-legume-based composite flours: an assessment of nutrient, antinutrient, mineral molar ratios, and aflatoxin content
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Distribution and virulence of fungal species isolated from yam (Dioscorea spp.) tubers in three agroecological zones of Nigeria
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Willingness to pay of Nigerian poultry producers and feed millers for aflatoxin‐safe maize
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Assessment of dietary diversity of mothers and children of 6-24 months from eastern and southern provinces of Zambia
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Journal Article
Spatial multivariate cluster analysis for defining target population of environments in west Africa for yam breeding
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Efficiency of insect‐proof net tunnels in reducing virus‐related seed degeneration in sweet potato.
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Farmers’ preferences for high-input agriculture supported by site-specific extension services: evidence from a choice experiment in Nigeria
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Value chain school with climate change and gender perspective: Learning and monitoring guide.
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Manual
Farmer business school with climate change and gender perspective: Learning and monitoring guide.
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Poster
Triple S technology: Availing clean sweetpotato planting material at the on-set of rains.
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Brochure
Developing early maturing and stress-tolerant potato varieties for Asia. Project profile.
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Better quality potatoes for Uganda. Piloting seed potato production using rooted transplants of apical cuttings and assessment of ware potato storage. Project profile.
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Improving diagnostics and resistance to potato bacterial wilt disease. Project profile.
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Better food security, nutrition and climate-resilience in Bangladesh. Project profile.
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Boosting potato supply and demand in Southeast Asia. Project profile
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Building sustainable potato enterprises in Cameroon. Project profile
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Report
Gender responsive participatory varietal selection for sustainable seed potato systems in Assam, India.
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Journal Article
Variability of carotenoids in a Musa germplasm collection and implications for provitamin A biofortification
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Journal Article
The origins and adaptation of European potatoes reconstructed from historical genomes.
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Growing condition variations and grain prices in Niger and Nigeria
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Novel strategies for soil-borne diseases: exploiting the Microbiome and volatile-based mechanisms toward controlling Meloidogyne-based disease complexes
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Journal Article
Long-term application of low C:N residues enhances maize yield and soil nutrient pools across Kenya
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A global surveillance system for crop diseases: global preparedness minimizes the risk to food supplies
Conference Paper
Business with social responsibility: Launch, growth and challenges of native andean potatoes
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Newsletter
Social Networks Analysis for ICT-based control of BXW in Rwanda
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Journal Article
Infrared radiometry as a tool for early water deficit detection: insights into its use for establishing irrigation calendars for potatoes under humid conditions
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Controlling soil erosion in smallholder potato farming systems using legume intercrops.
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Molecular characterization of a new virus species identified in yam (Dioscorea spp.) by high-throughput sequencing
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Journal Article
Understanding the factors influencing fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda J.E. Smith) damage in African smallholder maize fields and quantifying its impact on yield: a case study in eastern Zimbabwe
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Journal Article
Motivations and mental models associated with smallholder farmers’ adoption of improved agricultural technology: Evidence from use of quality seed potato in Kenya
Journal Article
Stacking three late blight resistance genes from wild species directly into African highland potato varieties confers complete field resistance to local blight races
Manual
Bonnes pratiques agricoles de production de pomme de terre de consommation au Cameroun: Guide de demonstrations
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Manual
Good agricultural practices for ware potato production in Cameroon: Demonstration guide
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Internal Document
RTB Gender Research Agenda 2019-2021
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Poster
Screening for resistance to late blight in wild potato species and landraces in greenhouse conditions in Peru.
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Brief
Is Vietnam in need of supportive policies for promoting roots and tubers development? Insights from Quang Binh province
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Brief
Scaling Up Sweetpotato through Agriculture and Nutrition. Outcome Brief
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Conference Paper
Diversos actores, variedades, fuentes y transacciones en los sistemas de semilla de papa en Cotopaxi
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Conference Paper
Enfoque de sistemas alimentarios: ¿cómo cabe la papa en ello?
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Conference Paper
Selección participativa de variedades/clones de papa con buen comportamiento agronómico y potencial de mercado con varios actores de la cadena de valor
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Conference Paper
Modelo fenológico de Bacctericera cockerelli para evaluar el riesgo de su propagacion utilizando la herramienta “Insect life cycle modelling” (ILCYM)
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Conference Paper
Historias de cambios destacables del proyecto CIP-FIDA-Andes en Ecuador
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Conference Paper
Determinación de los efectos en la reducción de costos e impacto ambiental en el control de tizón tardío mediante el uso de la herramienta de apoyo a la decisión para el manejo integrado de Phytophthora infestans
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Conference Paper
Innovación culinaria
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Conference Paper
El papel actual y tendencias del rol de la papa en la alimentacion en America Latina y el mundo
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Conference Paper
Nuevas herramientas para mejorar los sistemas de semilla de raíces, tubérculos y bananas
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Papas biofortificadas para ayudar a reducir niveles de anemia en los Andes. Perfil del proyecto.
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Linking social protection with agriculture and nutrition interventions. Biofortified potato to alleviate anemia in the high Andes of Peru. Project profile
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Evaluating iron and zinc bioavailability in biofortified potatoes to reduce malnutrition in the Andes. Project profile.
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Biofortified potatoes for better nutrition, East Africa. Project profile.
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Report
Scaling Up Sweetpotato through Agriculture and Nutrition (SUSTAIN) 2013‐2019. Final report.
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Conference Proceedings
Libro de Memorias. VIII Congreso Ecuatoriano de la Papa. Soberanía Alimentaria y Nutrición.
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Journal Article
Retention of pro-vitamin a content in products from new biofortified cassava varieties
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Video
YIIFSWA II OPENDAY – Interview with Connie Aku Nyador
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Agromorphologic, genetic and methylation profiling of Dioscorea and Musa species multiplied under three micropropagation systems
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Journal Article
Ex‐ante evaluation of promising soybean innovations for sub‐Saharan Africa
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Impact of planted hedgerow fallows on nutrient balances in a groundnut/maize/cassava intercrop
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Molecular basis of disease resistance in banana progenitor Musa Balbisiana against Xanthomonas Campestris pv. Musacearum
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Journal Article
Adoption and ex-post impacts of improved cowpea varieties on productivity and net returns in Nigeria
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Investigating consumer preferences and willingness to pay for Orange-fleshed Sweet potato (OFSP) juice in Rwanda.
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Canopy chlorophyll fluorescence applied to stress detection using an easy-to-build micro-lidar.
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Water restriction scenarios and their effects on traits in potato with different degrees of drought tolerance.
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Sequencing and assembly of small RNAs reveal the presence of several begomoviruses, potyviruses, badnaviruses and mastreviruses in the sweet potato leaf virome in Barbados.
Journal Article
Comparative evaluation of LAMP, qPCR, conventional PCR, and ELISA to detect ralstonia solanacearum in Kenyan potato fields
Journal Article
Enumeration of the microbiota and microbial metabolites in processed cassava products from Madagascar and Tanzania
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Prevalence and genome characterization of field isolates of sugarcane mosaic virus (SCMV) in Nigeria
Journal Article
Potato-legume intercropping on a sloping terrain and its effects on soil physico-chemical properties.
Manual
Procedures for the evaluation of sweetpotato trials. Manual.
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Poster
Driving adoption of regional health nutritional standards
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Poster
Climate-resilient sweetpotato seed systems
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Poster
Performance evaluation of developed cooking steamer for optimum retention of carotenoid in Attieke produced from biofortified cassava (Manihot esculenta, crantz)
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Healthy sweetpotato-based bakery products for sub-Saharan Africa
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Brief
Improving vitamin A consumption in vulnerable households. Viable Sweetpotato Technologies in Africa (VISTA) Mozambique. Research Brief 02
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Brief
Bioengineered potato: Resistance to late blight disease and higher crop yields. Research Brief 01.
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Book
La culture des bananiers et plantains dans les zones agroecologiques de la Republique Democratique du Congo
Book
Soy papa, no papá. Historias de cambios destacables del proyecto Fortalecimiento de la innovacion para mejorar los ingresos, la seguridad alimentaria y la resiliencia de productores de papa en Bolivia, Ecuador y Peru.
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Participatory varietal selection of potato using the mother & baby trial design: A gender-responsive trainer’s guide.
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Conference Paper
Mitigating Cassava Virus Pandemics in an increasingly Connected Global Environment: Lessons from the last 30 Years
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Brochure
Viable sweetpotato technologies in Africa – Mozambique (VISTA). Project profile.
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Orange-fleshed sweetpotato puree for baked and fried products in Kenya, Malawi and Uganda. Project profile.
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Sweetpotato action for security and health in Africa (SASHA) phase II. Project profile.
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Brochure
Quality planting materials for cassava, sweetpotato and yam. Rapid virus elimination for crop improvement and seed systems. Project profile
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Report
A rapid assessment of Farmer Business Schools from a gender perspective in Meghalaya, India.
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Journal Article
Exploring barriers to the agroecological transition in Nicaragua: A Technological Innovation Systems Approach
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Basic annual review and planning meeting 2019 – Interview with Hemant
Journal Article
A new Multi Locus Variable Number of Tandem Repeat Analysis Scheme for epidemiological surveillance of Xanthomonas vasicola pv. musacearum, the plant pathogen causing bacterial wilt on banana and enset
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Microbes in cahoots with plants: MIST to hit the jackpot of agricultural productivity during drought
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Eco-efficiency and agricultural innovation systems in developing countries: evidence from macro-level analysis
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Biological control agents against Fusarium wilt of banana
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Presentation
Alternativas no convencionales de procesamiento de papa: Caso de la tunta
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Improving productivity of orange-fleshed sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) through intercropping with legumes and moderate phosphorus application
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Greater aggressiveness in the 2_A1 lineage of Phytophthora infestans may partially explain its rapid displacement of the US‐1 lineage in east Africa
Poster
Deploying nutritious climate-smart potatoes.
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Gender-responsive food production, Ethiopia
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Malawian entrepreneur creates nutritious products and a new market for farmers. Outcome story
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Identificacion de los virus de la papa y la preservacion del cultivo frente al calentamiento global. Project profile
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Herramientas digitales para fortalecer el desarrollo de la investigacion rural y la asesoria a los productores de papa en el Peru. Perfil del proyecto.
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Deteccion de estres temprano en cultivos con un enfoque basado en la planta. Project profile.
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Brochure
Improved potatoes to boost climate resilience in Kenya and Peru. Project profile.
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Report
Scaling up sweetpotato through agriculture and nutrition (SUSTAIN): M&E system review
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Report
Opportunities and constraints for women: Recommendations for building gender responsive potato value chains in Assam, India.
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Report
In-depth study on household production, nutrition and consumption in Beira, Mozambique.
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Report
RTB Annual Report 2018. Phase II – Year 2.
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Report
Tracking indirect beneficiaries of complex development interventions in agriculture.
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Journal Article
Effect of paleopolyploidy and allopolyploidy on gene expression in banana
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Journal Article
Using growth and transpiration phenotyping under controlled conditions to select water efficient banana genotypes
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Smallholder agroprocessors’ willingness to pay for value-added solid-waste management solutions
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Field based assessment of Capsicum annuum performance with inoculation of rhizobacterial consortia
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A mobile-based deep learning model for cassava disease diagnosis
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Manual
Production of apical cuttings of potato
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Newsletter
Cassava Matters
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Farmer reported pest and disease impacts on root, tuber, and banana crops and livelihoods in Rwanda and Burundi.
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Women bargaining with patriarchy in coastal Kenya: Contradictions, creative agency and food provisioning.
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Support smallholders to step up Nigeria’s cassava yields
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Diagnosis of crop secondary and micro-nutrient deficiencies in sub-Saharan Africa
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Reaching next users: Seeking collaborations and applications. Workshop RTB CC2.1. Phase 2. 14–17 March 2019, Ibadan, Nigeria
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Working Paper
National plan for improving seed potato in Georgia
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Report
2019 Annual review and planning meeting of BASICS project
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Journal Article
Human and technical dimensions of potato integrated pest management using farmer field schools: International Potato Center and partners’ experience with potato late blight management.
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YIIFSWA II OPENDAY – YIIFSWA Field Tour
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YIIFSWA II OPENDAY – Opening Remarks by Prof Abberton
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Application of genetic engineering for control of bacterial wilt disease of enset, Ethiopia’s sustainability crop
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YIIFSWA II OPENDAY – Interview with John Ikeorgu
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YIIFSWA II OPENDAY – Exhibition
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YIIFSWA II OPENDAY – Food Testing
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Prioritizing options for multi-objective agricultural development through the Positive Deviance approach
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Modeling epidemics in seed systems and landscapes to guide management strategies: The case of sweetpotato in Northern Uganda.
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Genotyping of Phytophthora infestans in eastern-Africa reveals a dominating invasive European lineage
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Assessment of genetic diversity among low-nitrogen-tolerant early generation maize inbred lines using SNP markers
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Genetic diversity and re-classification of coffee (Coffea canephora Pierre ex A. Froehner) from South Western Nigeria through genotyping-by-sequencing-single nucleotide polymorphism analysis
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Crossbreeding east African highland bananas: lessons learnt relevant to the botany of the crop after 21 years of genetic enhancement
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Brochure
Climate-and nutrition-smart orange-fleshed sweetpotato, Ethiopia. Food biofortification for health. Project profile.
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Book Chapter
Identifying and managing plant health risks for key African crops: yam, taro and cocoyam
Book Chapter
Identifying and managing plant health risks for key African crops: banana and plantain
Journal Article
Carotenoids retention in biofortified yellow cassava processed with traditional African methods.
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Understanding the consequences of changes in the production frontiers for roots, tubers and bananas.
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Evaluation of 10 genotypes of sweetpotato for fries.
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Understanding the relations between farmers’ seed demand and research methods: The challenge to do better
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Extreme salinity as a challenge to grow potatoes under Mars-like soil conditions: targeting promising genotypes.
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Pre-harvest management is a critical practice for minimizing aflatoxin contamination of maize
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Phytophthora urerae sp. nov., a new clade 1c relative of the Irish famine pathogen Phytophthora infestans from South America
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Genetic variability, stability and heritability for quality and yield characteristics in provitamin A cassava varieties
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The new potato. Breeders seek a breakthrough to help farmers facing an uncertain future.
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Effect of processing and oil type on carotene bioaccessibility in traditional foods prepared with flour and puree from orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes.
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Changing behavior through agriculture-nutrition integration: field experience and results. Regional Technical Committee meeting of the Scaling Up Sweetpotato Through Agriculture and Nutrition (SUSTAIN) project, 11–12 September 2018, Kigali, Rwanda
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Brief
Irish Aid-Catalyzing a broad alliance for nutrition-sensitive agriculture through OFSP.
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Brief
Selfless malawian cassava farmer finds joy in community food security. Outcome story.
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Brochure
Generating advances in incomes and nutrition through sweetpotato (GAINS) – Odisha state, India.
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Brochure
FoodSTART+ Asia. Food resilience through root and tuber crops in upland and coastal communities of the Asia-Pacific region. Project profile.
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Brochure
Scaling up orange-fleshed sweetpotato for improved nutrition and food security, Ethiopia. Building institutional support. Project profile.
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Seeds for change, Ethiopia. Project profile.
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FoodSTART Africa. Strengthening nutrition in agri-food systems in East and Southern Africa through root and tuber crops. Project profile.
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Understanding potato seed degeneration, Ecuador. Project profile.
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Brochure
Gender-sensitive emergency responses with potato and sweetpotato, Ethiopia. Rebuilding food security after drought. Project profile.
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Journal Article
Nutrient use efficiency and crop yield response to the combined application of cattle manure and inorganic fertilizer in sub-Saharan Africa
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Obliteration of phosphorus deficiency in plants by microbial interceded approach
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Zinc and iron fortification in cassava
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Impact of host plant species and whitefly species on feeding behavior of Bemisia tabaci
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Soil fertility status of cassava fields treated by integrated application of manure and NPK fertilizer in Zambia
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Sustaining the beneficial effects of maize production in Nigeria: does adoption of short season maize varieties matter?
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Attempts to identify Cassava Brown Streak Virus in western Democratic Republic of Congo
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Maize response to chemical and microbial products on two Tanzanian soils
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Evaluation of cassava processing and utilization at household level in Zambia
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Calibration development for nutritional evaluation of Yam (Dioscorea sp.) using Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectrophotometry (NIRS)
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The Nutritional Contribution of Potato Varietal Diversity in Andean Food Systems: a Case Study
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Unsuccessful Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD) evaluation attempts in western Democratic Republic of Congo and implications with cassava root necrosis disease (CRND) etiology
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African rural youth engagement in agribusiness: achievements, limitations, and lessons
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Why interventions in the seed systems of roots, tubers and bananas crops do not reach their full potential.
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Diversity of Meloidogyne spp. from peri-urban areas of sub-Saharan Africa and their genetic similarity with populations from the Latin America
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La innovación inclusiva para desarrollar ventajas competitivas en cadenas de valor de la papa en la zona andina
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First report and preliminary evaluation of cassava root necrosis in Angola
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Effect of intensive agriculture-nutrition education and extension program adoption and diffusion of biofortified crops.
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Virus movement from infected sweetpotato vines to roots and reversion on root sprouts
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Assessing the severity and the incidence of Cassava Root Necrosis Disease (CRND) in western Democratic Republic of Congo
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Adoption of potato varieties and their role for climate change adaptation in India.
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Metabolic diversity in sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas, Lam.) leaves and storage roots
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Adoption of orange-fleshed sweetpotato varieties by urban consumers in Maputo, Mozambique.
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Pesticide use practices in root, tuber, and banana crops by smallholder farmers in Rwanda and Burundi
Internal Document
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas – Plan of Work and Budget 2019
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Brief
Juego de ruedas para la aplicacion de funguicidas en el manejo de la rancha de la papa
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Brief
Irish Aid-CIP Partnership: Rooting out hunger and malnutrition in Africa with nutritious sweetpotato.
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Brief
Decision support discs for the use of fungicides to control potato late blight disease
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Report
Effects of commercialization of sweetpotato on gender relations and wellbeing among smallholder farmers: Technical workshop to review study findings and develop recommendations for improved programming.
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Report
Incentives and constraints to an expanded and viable orange‐fleshed sweetpotato value chain: The case of Kenya.
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Report
Building gender equitable sweetpotato value chains: recommendations for programming.
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Report
Making the agriculture sector work for youth: A tool to promote young men and women’s engagement in growing root, tuber and banana crops.
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Report
Building commercial partnerships for orange‐fleshed sweetpotato processing: Evidence and lessons for programming.
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Report
System strengthening approaches for scaling up development outcomes from agricultural research. Knowledge sharing workshop. 13‐15 November 2018, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Report
Incentives and disincentives to investment in orange-fleshed sweetpotato – The case of a pro-poor public-private partnership in Rwanda. Technical assessment of orange-fleshed sweetpotato value chain in Rwanda.
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Journal Article
Development of a physicochemical method to quantify the extracellular liquid volume: Application to the transformation of cassava into gari
Poster
Building capacity of next-users: Training farmer promoters and agronomists with BXW-App in Rwanda
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Book Chapter
Climatic resilient agriculture for root, tuber, and banana crops using plant growth-promoting microbes
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A bird locked in a cage: Hmong young women’s lives after marriage in northern Vietnam.
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Cryopreservation of wild and cultivated germplasm of Musa
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Book Chapter
The implications of gender relations for modern approaches to crop improvement and plant breeding.
Book Chapter
Application of near infrared reflectance spectroscopy in screening of fresh cassava (Manihot esculenta crantz) storage roots for provitamin A carotenoids
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Book Chapter
Climate change and seed systems of roots, tubers and bananas: The cases of potato in Kenya and sweetpotato in Mozambique
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Book Chapter
Innovation platforms: synopsis of innovation platforms in agricultural research and development
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CRISPR/Cas9 editing of endogenous banana streak virus in the B genome of Musa spp. overcomes a major challenge in banana breeding
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Determinants of intensity of biomass utilization: evidence from cassava smallholders in Nigeria
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Evaluation of the American yam bean (Pachyrhizus spp.) for storage root yield across varying eco-geographic conditions in Uganda
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Metabolite profiling characterises chemotypes of Musa diploids and triploids at juvenile and preflowering growth stages
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Chromosome painting facilitates anchoring reference genome sequence to chromosomes In Situ and integrated karyotyping in banana (Musa Spp.)
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Nutritional quality of fritters produced from fresh cassava roots, high-quality cassava and soy flour blends, and consumer preferences
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Drought resistance indices for screening of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) genotypes
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Surveillance for Sri Lankan cassava mosaic virus (SLCMV) in Cambodia and Vietnam one year after its initial detection in a single plantation in 2015
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Genetic diversity and core subset selection in ex situ seed collections of the banana crop wild relative Musa balbisiana
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Culturally embedded practices of managing banana diversity