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Piano sketches celebrating RTB crop

Piano sketches celebrating RTB crop

Roots, tubers and bananas (RTBs) are essential for global food security – and delicious!  RTBs include bananas and plantains, cassava, ...
Putting farmers at the center in demand driven seed systems

Putting farmers at the center in demand driven seed systems

Seed systems are complex and diverse and can vary enormously depending on the crop and country. They need to be ...
CIP’s 50th Anniversary Celebrates Andean Agrobiodiversity

CIP’s 50th Anniversary Celebrates Andean Agrobiodiversity

Anniversaries are occasions to commemorate the past while looking to the future, to mark the evolution of “who we are” ...
New digital Project Portfolio showcases the legacy of RTB

New digital Project Portfolio showcases the legacy of RTB

From its beginning in 2017, the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) has taken the lead to ...
A one-stop-shop for CGIAR Innovations

A one-stop-shop for CGIAR Innovations

RTB Innovation Catalog successfully launched by CGIAR, users, and donors The RTB Innovation Catalog gathers creative ideas so that researchers ...
The Potato of the Future: Opportunities and Challenges in Sustainable Agri-food Systems

The Potato of the Future: Opportunities and Challenges in Sustainable Agri-food Systems

Potatoes will play an increasingly important role in global food security in the coming decades. The potato crop is a ...
Access Agriculture hosts farmer learning videos that are based on the best blend of science and farmer creativity

Access Agriculture hosts farmer learning videos that are based on the best blend of science and farmer creativity

When Access Agriculture started as a new, international NGO in 2012, we realized the importance of the root, tuber and ...
Rice-potato rotations increase profitability and food production

Rice-potato rotations increase profitability and food production

Adding a winter crop of potatoes to rice cultivation can increase farm profitability and food production. However, pests and diseases ...
RTB develops an Innovation Catalog to close the research-development gap

RTB develops an Innovation Catalog to close the research-development gap

Information gap One of the challenges for research for development organizations is to ensure their innovations are properly documented and ...
Tools and training to increase farmer access to quality seed

Tools and training to increase farmer access to quality seed

Sweetpotato is a highly productive crop and orange-fleshed varieties are an excellent source of vitamin A, making it an important ...
Roots, tubers and bananas in Central Africa are well suited for climate change

Roots, tubers and bananas in Central Africa are well suited for climate change

As the Great Lakes Region of Central Africa becomes hotter and wetter, root, tuber and banana crops (RT&B crops) will ...
RTB and WUR partners: a strong and fruitful collaboration

RTB and WUR partners: a strong and fruitful collaboration

The CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) has a strong and close working relationship with Wageningen University ...
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