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Posted on
08 Jul, 2016
Competition calls for innovative packaging of cassava stems to increase sales
A new competition is calling for innovative packaging designs to sell bundles of high quality cassava stems in Nigeria. The ...
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22 Apr, 2016
New project to build commercially sustainable cassava seed system in Nigeria
A four-year project (2015 – 2019) to develop a commercially sustainable cassava seed value chain in Nigeria, was officially launched ...
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14 Jan, 2016
Assessing the impact of Cooperation-88 potatoes in China
Potatoes came to China in the early 1600s but were not a major crop until the 1980s. By 1993, China ...
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16 Dec, 2015
A year in review: Highlights from the RTB Annual Meeting 2015
The Annual Review and Planning Meeting of the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) took place last ...
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02 Nov, 2015
New evidence supports integrated seed health strategy as best option for raising potato yields
Potato is the third most important food crop globally and over half of all production occurs in developing countries. However, ...
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02 Apr, 2014
Surveying experts in India and Tanzania to fill seed degeneration knowledge gaps
Sara Thomas-Sharma, a post-doctoral researcher at Kansas State University, was hired in 2013 to work on an RTB project to ...
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