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Addressing Gender Inequalities in Agricultural Sector

Addressing the importance of women leadership and participation in research, Dr. Susan Kaaria, Director, African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) noted that although women contri...

PRESS RELEASE: Root and tuber crops key in building resilience in food system

[Nairobi, November 21, 2022]: Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have not yet fully exploited the potential of Root and T...

Root tubers tackling impacts COVID-19, Russia Ukraine war and climate change

With the fervent impacts of war crisis, climate change, and COVID-19 net importers of cereal crops were largely impacted...

NEWS: Subsistence farmers must be helped to attain food security

The 19th symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops (ISTRC) to be held in Nairobi from Monday to Fri...

ISTRC Registration: 2 DAYS LEFT!!

Have you registered for #ISTRC2022? This is the last call for registration for the 19th International Triennial Symposi...

NEWS: Why hardy cassava should be crop of the moment

Dr Emmanuel Okogbenin is the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) director for programme development and co...

FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT: 19th ISTRC Symposium Registration closes in 4 weeks!

The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) (https://www.aatf-africa.org/) and the Government of Kenya are del...

2nd Announcement and call for papers