I had the opportunity to facilitate a meeting of representatives of the four Centers (CIP, CIAT, Bioversity, IITA) and other partners of the CGIAR Research Program (CRP) on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) in CIAT (March 20- 22). This CRP has been in th…
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