The Future of Roots and Tubers under One CGIAR

At the 19th Triennial Symposium of the International Society for Root and Tuber Crops (ISTRC) held from 21-25 November, Nairobi, Kenya, speakers and panelists at a CGIAR side event underlined the importance of root and tuber crops as shock absorbers to help transform food, land, and water systems in a climate crisis.

“Potato, sweetpotato, cassava, yam and other root and tuber crops, like taro, are the shock absorbers, the crops that increase in importance at difficult times,” said Paul Demo, Regional Director for Africa, International Potato Center (CIP) in his opening remarks.