Publications
Introducing the Cassava Program
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An introduction to the Cassava Program
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The Cassava Program 2030
Strong approaches to address major challenges.
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Cassava Program Annual Report 2020
Activities targeted for high impact
Recent Publications of the Cassava Program
- Andrade Piedra JL, Almekinders CJM, McEwan MA, Kilwinger FBM, Mayanja S, Delaquis E, Garrett KA, Omondi AB, Rajendran S, Kumar PL, Thiele G (2020) User guide to the toolbox for working with root tuber and banana seed systems RTB (RTB User Guide No 2020 1) CGIAR Research Program on Roots Tubers and Bananas (RTB) Lima Peru
- Andrade Piedra, JL, Almekinders, CJM, McEwan, MA, Kilwinger, FBM, Mayanja, S, Delaquis, E, Garrett, KA, Omondi, AB, Rajendran, S, Kumar, PL, Thiele, G (2020) User guide to the toolbox for working with root, tuber and banana seed systems. RTB User guide (RTB User Guide No. No. 2020 1). CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB), Lima, Peru.
- Chirinda N, Trujillo C, Loaiza S, Salazar S, Luna J, Tong Encinas LA, Becerra López Lavalle LA, Tran T (2021) Nitrous oxide emissions from cassava fields amended with organic and inorganic fertilizers. Soil Use and Management.
- Delaquis E, Almekinders CJM (2020) COVID 19, seed security and social differentiation: when it rains, it pours. Food Chain 9, 103–106.
- Delaquis, E, Kilwinger, FBM, Slavchevska, V, Rajendran, S, Kikulwe, E, Newby, JC (2021) User guide to experimental auctions of vegetatively propagated seed. RTB User Guide. International Potato Center. (Watch on youtube
- Escobar A, Rondet E, Dahdouh L, Ricci J, Akissoé N, Dufour D, Tran T, Cuq B, Delalonde M (2020) Identification of critical versus robust processing unit operations determining the physical and biochemical properties of cassava based semolina (gari). International Journal of Food Science and Technology.
- Fernando A, Selvaraj M, Chavarriaga P, Valdes S, Tohme J (2021) A Clearinghouse for Genome Edited Crops and Field Testing. Molecular Plant 14(1):3 5
- Irigoyen ML, Garceau DC, Bohorquez Chaux A, Lopez Lavalle LA, Perez Fons L, Fraser PD, Walling LL (2020) Genome wide analyses of cassava Pathogenesis related (PR) gene families reveal core transcriptome responses to whitefly infestation, salicylic acid and jasmonic acid. BMC genomics 21(1):1 8.
- Jaramillo AM, Sierra S, Chavarriaga Aguirre P, Castillo DK, Gkanogiannis A, Becerra López Lavalle LA, Arciniegas JP, Sun T, Li L, Welsch R, Boy E, Álvarez D (2020) Characterization of cassava ORANGE proteins and their capability to increase carotenoid accumulation in cassava. PLOS ONE (in press)
- Kawarazuka N, Damtew E, Mayanja S, Okonya JS, Rietveld AM, Slavchevska V, Teeken, B (2020) Considering gender in pest and disease management: FAQs for gender responsive data collection and extension work. Lima, Peru: International Potato Center. 4p.
- Kawarazuka, N, Damtew, E, Mayanja, S, Okonya, J S, Rietveld, A, Slavchevska, V, Teeken, B (2020) A gender perspective on pest and disease management from the cases of roots, tubers and bananas in Asia and sub Saharan Africa. Frontiers in Agronomy, 2, 7.
- Le P D, Labarta A R, Haan de S, Maredia M, Becerra LA, Lien TN, Ovalle T (2019) Characterization of Cassava Production Systems in Vietnam (No. Publication No. 480)
- Luna J, Dufour D, Tran T, Pizarro M, Calle F, Garcia Dominguez M, Hurtado IM, Sanchez T, Ceballos H (2020) Postharvest physiological deterioration in several cassava genotypes over sequential harvests and effect of pruning prior to harvest. International Journal of Food Science and Technology.
- Marín DV, Castillo DK, López Lavalle LA, Chalarca JR, Pérez CR (2021) An optimized high quality DNA isolation protocol for spodoptera frugiperda JE smith (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). MethodsX 8:101255.
- Monroe JG, Arciniegas JP, Moreno JL, Sánchez F, Sierra S, Valdes S, Torkamaneh D, Chavarriaga P (2020) The lowest hanging fruit: Beneficial gene knockouts in past, present, and future crop evolution. Current Plant Biology 24:100185.
- Moreno JL, Tran T, Cantero Tubilla B, Lopez Lopez K, Becerra Lopez Lavalle LA, Dufour D (2020) Physicochemical and physiological changes during the ripening of Banana (Musaceae) fruit grown in Colombia. International Journal of Food Science and Technology.
- Newby J, Smith D, Cramb R, Delaquis E, Yadav L (2020) “Cassava value chains and livelihoods in South East Asia”. Regional research symposium held at Pematang Siantar, North Sumatra, Indonesia, 1–5 July 2019, ACIAR Proceedings Series No 148, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Canberra
- Newby J, Smith D, Cramb R, Thuy CTL, Youabee L, Sareth C, Tanthaphone C, Soperith S, Hadiutomo W, Dũng LV, Nam NV (2020) “Can the private sector help deliver improved technology to cassava smallholders in Southeast Asia?”, Knowledge Management for Development Journal, April 2020.
- Newby J, Thuy CTL (2021) Asian Cassava Market Update 2021
- Ospina MA, Pizarro M, Tran T, Ricci J, Belalcazar J, Luna JL, Londoño LF, Salazar S, Ceballos H, Dufour D, Becerra Lopez Lavalle LA (2020) Cyanogenic, carotenoids and protein composition in leaves and roots across seven diverse population found in the world cassava germplasm collection at CIAT, Colombia. International Journal of Food Science and Technology.
- Perez Fons L, Ovalle TM, Maruthi MN, Colvin J, Lopez Lavalle LA, Fraser PD (2020) The metabotyping of an East African cassava diversity panel: A core collection for developing biotic stress tolerance in cassava. PLOS one 15(11):e0242245.
- Slavchevska V (2021) Inclusive tools for collecting data on women's and men's willingness to pay for seed [tools]
- Tran T, Zhang X, Ceballos H, Moreno JL, Luna J, Escobar A, Morante N, Belalcazar B, Becerra Lopez Lavalle LA, Dufour D (2020) Correlation of cooking time with water absorption and changes in relative density during boiling of cassava roots. International Journal of Food Science and Technology 56, 1193–1205.
CRP on Roots, Tubers and Bananas
- Annual Report 2015: CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas
- RTB Annual Report 2016: Research for innovation and impact
- RTB Annual Report 2017. Phase II – Year 1
- RTB Annual Report 2018. Phase II – Year 2
- CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas 2019 Annual Report
CIAT Annual Reports
- CIAT Annual Report 2015 2016
- CIAT Annual Report 2016 2017
- CIAT Annual Report 2017 2018
- CIAT Annual Report 2018
- An Alliance for Accelerated Change SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS FOR THE NEW DECADE Annual Report 2019
- Bioversity International and CIAT Alliance, Annual Report 2020

CIAT Blog and other relevant publications
- Tackling cassava mosaic disease in Southeast Asia
- CIAT and partners fight cassava diseases in Southeast Asia with new project
- Understanding cassava seed networks to curb disease spread in Southeast Asia
- DNA fingerprinting uncovers exactly who and why farmers use improved cassava
- Social dimensions of a cassava production and value-chain: Why do the poor continue with unsustainable cassava production?
- Cassava: Subsistence Crop or Trendy Commodity?
- Cassava – A root that brings Corpoica and CIAT together
- CIAT acknowledges the scientists who published in JAE: Household Determinants of the Adoption of Improved Cassava Varieties using DNA Fingerprinting to Identify Varieties in Farmer Fields: A Case Study in Colombia