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The CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas harnesses the potential of root, tuber & banana crops to improve food security, nutrition & livelihoods.
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Farmers may not be motivated to cooperate to manage #cropdisease unless they understand how it spreads from one farm to another. Building avenues of cooperation, through apps and local organizations, can also help motivate farmers to work together. bit.ly/3AGgYcL
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BBTD Alliance has fostered cutting-edge R4D, established practical solutions so farmers can again produce bananas for food and income. It has built capacity among national programs in the detection, surveillance, and control of #BBTD. bit.ly/3hZZtNd
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Mothers of young children visiting health clinics for checkups in #Peru receive vouchers for seed of potatoes high in #iron. The women and their families learn about growing these potatoes, so children and pregnant women eat more of them. bit.ly/3AGhGqr
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A ground-hugging crop, the #sweetpotato is ideal for resisting the ravages of tropical storms. Sweetpotato varieties are also being bred and released for salt- and drought resistance, making them an important crop for adapting to #climatechange. bit.ly/3o4Gq8k
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Roots, tubers and bananas in #CentralAfrica are well suited for climate change
“We know that RT&B crops have a potential #resilience to #climatechange,” Rhys Manners
Learn more: bit.ly/3kTZiVR
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#Newmethod developed by to produce #sweetpotato seeds in areas with long dry seasons. #TripleS keeps roots from:
-> shriveling
-> termites
-> rats
-> Java black rot
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RTB has a strong and close working relationship with . As we move towards #OneCGIAR, RTB looks back on a fruitful collaboration and forward to good things to come.
Learn more: bit.ly/3AH4tOt
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Seed systems for vegetatively propagated crops are often governed with cereal crops in mind. If regulatory seed frameworks are adapted to RTB crops they can unlock a major bottleneck to broader impact. Learn more: bit.ly/3o1bVjF
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“ #Partnership is a crucial aspect of our success,” , RTB director. “We look forward to partnering even more closely with people at as we all work to embed effective scaling into the #OneCGIAR research portfolio.”
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Recent studies on how farmers in Ethiopia, Tanzania & Uganda supply their banana, cassava, potato & sweetpotato seed needs can inform efforts to improve farmer access to quality planting material for those crops
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#Cassava KU 50 is amongst some of the most desired cultivars worldwide.
Find out more about KU 50's 50-year journey in the public breeding sector by reading the full article.
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. at has explained the why, how and the where behind ensuring the #sustainability of knowledge of ICARDA’s #innovation portfolio in the brief below.
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Researchers at Solynta and have identified, cloned and characterized the gene for self-compatibility in #potatoes called Sli (S-locus inhibitor). This discovery will increase the speed of potato breeding.
Learn more: bit.ly/3wsNGvq
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“ #Mashua, Tropaeolum tuberosum, is a perennial cousin of the nasturtium. It comes from the cool, tropical highlands of the #Andes, where it is grown as a food crop."
Learn more: bit.ly/3jUYtLj
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Adding a new crop can help farm households to produce more on the same area of land, but they will also need institutional innovations to boost demand and to engage more closely with the #potato value chain, especially with the private sector. bit.ly/3q9ANqs
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Improving the productivity of #potato farming systems for 20 500 #Kenyan #farmers using high-tech #innovations & community programs.
Learn about the Accelerated Value Chain Development (AVCD) project: bit.ly/3jLpnFO
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RTB develops an #Innovation Catalog to close the research-development gap
Learn more: bit.ly/3BEgGTp
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RTB’s online Innovation Catalog allows visitors to use a simple explorer and search tool that can be customized to browse #innovations and receive details quickly and easily. Expected to go live by the end of 2021. bit.ly/3BEgGTp
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A bowl of #fufu made even more delicious via the use of genomics-assisted breeding. #Nigeria releases five new #cassava varieties as part of its Next Generation Cassava Breeding Project.
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Happy to see this out. #FarmerBusinessSchools is a and innovation for inclusive #valuechain development. It was a privilege to work with and Arjen Brak to document the changes which FBS has brought in the farmer communities
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New brief just published for @WOTRO @CGIAR @Cipotato titled 'Farmer Business Schools (FBS) in local communities: How do they stimulate farmers’ learning and social capital?' Picture shows part of the story. W/ Arjen Brak @WUR & @DiegoNaziri. Download here:
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Find out what scientists from and discovered about the effects of Typhoon Ompong on root and tuber crops in the Cordillera Administrative Region of Luzon, the #Philippines.
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“particularly Latin America, Africa, and parts of Asia, the answer is frequently #cassava... for much of the world’s growing population, cassava is a major source of sustenance,” bit.ly/3pZ5zlV
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How the hunt for the perfect #sweetpotato may help #Hawaii farmers
Six researchers found two new and promising Hawaiian heritage sweet potatoes that could bring millions back to native people.
Learn more: bit.ly/3EtDJSZ
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The AI-powered mobile app Nuru has been expanded to include #potato diseases, allowing farmers to identify and manage diseases in their field.
Learn more: bit.ly/3yYxowu
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“The power to determine which varieties to develop with which traits, and how to package and release them, still lies with #breeding programs,” co-author & professor .
Learn more about the study: bit.ly/2UYF42v
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"After the European scientific community, the #potato industry welcomes new genome editing technologies to develop more climate-resilient varieties which are needed to meet future demand." Marc Ghislain - Senior Biotechnologist
Learn more: bit.ly/2UtsYOQ
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🥔 For nearly 40 years, researchers at and partners have produced virus-resistant, heat-tolerant, nutritious potatoes – one of the most important crops in Asia.
Learn more: bit.ly/32bsfFC
#OneCGIAR #CGIAR50 #CGIAR4Nutrition
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Trials conducted by a group of researchers offer promising results in the search for Cavendish #banana plants resistant to Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense Tropical race 4 (TR4).
Learn more: bit.ly/2WctaTV
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Microbes to transform #potato peel and grape skins into high-value feed
Researchers are working to meet the New Zealand livestock industry’s need for low protein feed whilst addressing how to deal with food processing waste.
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🌱 Big things start small.
The approach developed by CGIAR and partners provides evidence-based step-by-step guidance to grow innovations from an idea to real-world impact: bit.ly/3j4HMgu
#CGIAR50 #OneCGIAR
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From #cassava to #potatoes
With support from RTB and , Nuru has been expanded to include potato late blight (Phytophthora infestans) and early blight (Alternaria solani).
Learn more: bit.ly/3yYxowu
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Men and #women often have different ideas about what matters most in a crop variety depending on their relationship to it. The G+ tools are helping breeders develop varieties that meet these different demands
Read how: bit.ly/3chRxUv #GenderinAg
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In the coming decades, #potatoes will play an important role in 🌍 #foodsecurity.
Research shows that more potato production with the same or fewer resources may be the key to meeting the challenge of transforming #foodsystems.
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#Yam farmers in #Ghana urged to adopt scientific farming methods to become internationally viable
Learn more bit.ly/3nA6iXN
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