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18 May, 2017
Increasing the resilience of roots, tubers & bananas
Given its focus on the resilience of root, tuber and banana crops, Flagship Project 3 (FP3) aims to incorporate environmental, ...
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17 May, 2017
Nutritious foods and added value for health and wealth
“It starts with the person who wants to eat affordable, safe, nutritious food,” says Simon Heck, the Mozambique-based sweetpotato project ...
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18 Apr, 2017
The nuts and bolts of collaborative research on roots, tubers and bananas: RTB Annual Meeting
As the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) kicks off Phase II, the team came together in ...
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26 Sep, 2016
RTB Impact Assessment team take stock of progress and plan for Phase II
Assessing the impact of the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas’ (RTB) research and development initiatives is a ...
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24 Aug, 2016
Root, tuber and banana breeding in Africa shows wide-scale adoption of improved varieties
Crop breeding and the dissemination of improved varieties has been a cornerstone of research for development in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) ...
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20 Apr, 2016
Gender, breeding and genomics workshop – Open call for case studies
You are invited to submit an abstract for a case study of plant or animal breeding that has successfully incorporated ...
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11 Apr, 2016
Linkages between staple crops research and poverty outcomes
The Independent Science and Partnership Council’s (ISPC) Science Forum 2016 from 12 – 14 April in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, will ...
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29 Jan, 2015
Lukas Mueller: Ace of Bases
By Patricia Waldron Yam farmers in Africa may soon benefit from a large collection of genetic information contributed by local ...
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21 Nov, 2013
Yams: Raising the profile of the “King of Crops”
Yam is a very important and popular RTB crop in West Africa, with 99% of the world production coming from ...
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