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View article: Gender analysis is not only about gender: reshaping the potato breeding priorities to increase varietal adoption in Kenya
Gender analysis is not only about gender: reshaping the potato breeding priorities to increase varietal adoption in Kenya Open
Public breeding programs are pushing to implement demand-led breeding to increase variety adoption, while tackling multiple challenges for increased production under climate change. This has included the improvement of variety target produ…
Tackling the Beast – How to Assess Scope 3 Emissions Open
The transparent and valid measurement of Scope 3 emissions (indirectly caused emissions upstream and downstream) represents one of the greatest challenges for companies during their sustainable transformation. In order to assess the curren…
Strategizing research and development investments in climate change adaptation for root, tuber and banana crops in the African Great Lakes Region: A spatial prioritisation and targeting framework Open
CONTEXT
\nGiven the significance of climate change impacts on farming communities, large investments are made by research and development actors, including farmers themselves, to adapt agricultural systems. A data-driven approach is requir…
Root, Tuber and Banana Food System Innovations Open
This open access book describes innovations in food systems for root, tuber, and banana crops aiming to create value and new sources of income, and jobs.
Overview Open
Root, tuber, and banana (RT&B) crops play a critical role in food and nutrition security in developing countries, increasingly so in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). They have great potential to contribute to alleviate poverty, improve health and…
View article: A review of varietal change in roots, tubers and bananas: consumer preferences and other drivers of adoption and implications for breeding
A review of varietal change in roots, tubers and bananas: consumer preferences and other drivers of adoption and implications for breeding Open
Summary This review of the literature on varietal change in sub‐Saharan Africa looks in detail at adoption of new varieties of bananas in Uganda, cassava in Nigeria, potato in Kenya, sweetpotato in Uganda and yams in Côte d’Ivoire. The rev…
Is there a space for medium-sized cassava seed growers in Nigeria? Open
Until recently, there has been little commercial sale of vegetatively propagated crop seed, except for potatoes (Solanum tuberosum). This is especially true in developing countries. However, a formal, commercial seed sector for cassava (Ma…
BASICS Phase I Final Report Open
The Building a Sustainable, Integrated Seed System for Cassava in Nigeria (BASICS) was a five-year
\n(2016-2020) project, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that worked to strengthen all
\ncomponents of the cassava seed value ch…
One-Sided Resistance Spot Welding of Plastic-Metal Hybrid Joints - Characterization of the Joining Zone Open
Polymer-metal-hybrid components show a high potential regarding to lightweight applications. In particular, due to their fundamental differences in chemical and physical properties, new approaches must be developed for common industrial jo…
Exploring opportunities around climate-smart breeding for future food and nutrition security Open
There is a 95% chance that warming will exceed 2°C by the end of the century (Raftery et al. 2017). Global crop productivity is projected to fall by 5-10 % per degree of warming (Challinor et al. 2014), with even greater losses likely for …
View article: Roots, Tubers and Bananas: Planning and research for climate resilience
Roots, Tubers and Bananas: Planning and research for climate resilience Open
The CGIAR Research Program (CRP) on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) includes vegetatively propagated staple crops linked by common breeding, seed, and postharvest issues, and by the frequency with which women are involved in their producti…
Metabolomics in CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) Open
The CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) is supporting investments in metabolomics in collaboration with the Fraser lab at Royal Holloway University London (RHUL). The metabolome is the global collection of all low mol…
A framework for priority-setting in climate smart agriculture research Open
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is widely promoted as an approach for reorienting agricultural development under the realities of climate change. Prioritising research-for-development activities is crucial, given the need to utilise scarce…
View article: Genomics-Assisted Breeding in the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)
Genomics-Assisted Breeding in the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) Open
Breeding in the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) targets highly diverse biotic and abiotic constraints, whilst meeting complex end-user quality preferences to improve livelihoods of beneficiaries in developing coun…
View article: Roots, Tubers and Bananas: Planning and research for climate resilience
Roots, Tubers and Bananas: Planning and research for climate resilience Open
The CGIAR Research Program (CRP) on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) includes vegetatively propagated staple crops linked by common breeding, seed, and postharvest issues, and by the frequency with which women are involved in their producti…