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CGIAR Research and Innovation on Root and Tuber Crops: Key in Africa’s Solutions to Agrifood Systems Transformation

Sep 15, 2023

Africa’s agrifood systems are at a crossroads, facing unprecedented challenges and opportunities as climate shocks and stresses increasingly threaten the continent’s food security, agricultural productivity, and marginalized livelihoods. The impacts of climate change,...

CIP at Africa Food Systems Forum

Aug 30, 2023

CIP, a member of OneCGIAR, will participate in the Africa Food Systems Forum with a side event titled ‘What do Root and Tuber Crops Contribute to Agrifood Systems Transformation?’. The session will highlight interrelated issues around the contribution of CGIAR’s...

46 years old Rwandan woman turning cassava wastes into animal feeds, creates jobs and income

Jul 11, 2023

When Alice Nyirasagamba, 46, took a leap of faith and started Akanoze Nyamiyaga Ltd in 2018, her business approach was to processes cassava into flour for cooking and baking being another business idea she was trying out after unsuccessfully tried her hand in other...

BMGF $30mn grant recognizes importance of RTB crops to African food and nutrition security

May 2, 2023

28 April 2023 – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation committed $29,668,667 to CGIAR for the breeding of improved Root, Tuber, and Banana (RTB) crops that lie at the heart of many African agri-food systems. “This commitment by the Bill & Melinda Gates...

Fortified Cassava Planting Materials Are Not Available to Nigerian Farmers – Research Expert

Apr 14, 2023

The Executive Director of the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN) Dr. Patrick Adebola has noted that farmers in Nigeria do not have easy access to fortified Cassava planting materials to grow on their farms. Availability of planting materials for root and...

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CGIAR Research and Innovation on Root and Tuber Crops: Key in Africa’s Solutions to Agrifood Systems Transformation

CIP at Africa Food Systems Forum

46 years old Rwandan woman turning cassava wastes into animal feeds, creates jobs and income

BMGF $30mn grant recognizes importance of RTB crops to African food and nutrition security

Fortified Cassava Planting Materials Are Not Available to Nigerian Farmers – Research Expert

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