Click to watch Uganda’s national television network NTV’s coveage of the recent Global Cassava Partnership for the 21st Century (GCP21) conference in Kampala. CIAT climate change expert Andy Jarvis appears more than once.
CIAT featured in Uganda TV coverage of GCP21 cassava conference
3 July, 2012 by (comments)Filed Under: Africa @en, Cassava @en, CIAT in the media
GCP21-II: IRIN features CIAT research on cassava and climate change
21 June, 2012 by (comments)
News network IRIN has featured CIAT’s “Rambo root” research on cassava and climate change, as part of its coverage of the Global Cassava Partnership conference in Kampala, Uganda, this week.
Filed Under: Africa @en, Cassava @en, CIAT in the media, Climate Change, Inside CIAT
Global Cassava Modelling Consortium – launched at GCP21-II in Uganda
19 June, 2012 by (comments)
A new global alliance of crop and climate scientists could help boost research into one of the most promising, climate-smart crops – cassava. Research published by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the CGIAR’s Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) Research Program earlier this year found that this vital food crop – consumed by around 500mRead More …
Filed Under: Africa @en, Cassava @en, Climate Change
Uganda cassava conference – leading scientists confirmed
29 May, 2012 by (comments)An important update from our partners at the Danforth Center: Global gathering features leading authorities on cassava research Presentations to address a wide variety of issues impacting production and food security ST. LOUIS, MO, May 29, 2012—An impressive lineup of the leaders in cassava research and development from around the globe will present during the second scientific conference ofRead More …
Filed Under: Africa @en, Cassava @en, Inside CIAT
Will 2012 be remembered as the unofficial Year of Cassava?
16 May, 2012 by (comments)It might be an abuse of artistic license, but 2012 might well be remembered as the first International Year of Cassava – in all but name. That’s because this year has already witnessed a sea change in the way the world regards this long-neglected crop. And it’s about time really: cassava feeds half-a-billion people in Africa every day, andRead More …
Filed Under: Africa @en, Asia @en, Cassava @en, Climate Change, Crop diversity, Crops @en, Latin America and the Caribbean, Regions
Uganda: Cassava conference to tackle climate change head-on
16 May, 2012 by (comments)An important announcement from our colleagues at the Danforth Plant Science Center: Global alliance to gather to consider strategies for overcoming challenges of global climatic change at international cassava conference ST. LOUIS, MO, May 15, 2012—The Global Cassava Partnership for the 21st Century (GCP21) will hold its second scientific conference June 18 – 22, 2012 at the Speke ResortRead More …
Filed Under: Africa @en, Cassava @en, Crops @en, Regions
