RTBfoods main Publications

Adebowale Oluwaseun Osunbade, Emmanuel Oladeji Alamu, Wasiu Awoyale, Aishat Bolanle Akinwande, Johnson Akinwumi Adejuyitan & Busie Maziya-Dixon (2023) End-user quality characteristics and preferences for cassava, yam and banana products in rural and urban areas - A review. Cogent Food & Agriculture, 9(1), 2205720. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311932.2023.2205720

Elizabeth Arnaud, Naama Menda, Thierry Tran, Amos Asiimwe, Michael Kanaabi, Karima Meghar, Lora Forsythe, Robert Kawuki, Bryan Ellebrock, Ismail Siraj Kayondo, Afolabi Agbona, Xiaofei Zhang, Thiago Mendes, Marie-Angélique Laporte, Mariam Nakitto, Reuben Tendo Ssali, Asrat Asfaw, Brigitte Uwimana, Chukwudi E. Ogbete, Godwill Makunde, Isabelle Maraval, Lukas A. Mueller, Alexandre Bouniol, Eglantine Fauvelle, Dominique Dufour (2023), Connecting data for consumer preferences, food quality, and breeding in support of market-oriented breeding of root, tuber, and banana crops, Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.12710

Dominique Dufour, Clair Hershey, Bruce R. Hamaker & Jim Lorenzen (2021). Integrating end-user preferences into breeding programmes for roots, tubers and bananas. International Journal of Food science and Technology, 56(3), 1071-1075. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijfs.14911 > Read more

Graham Thiele, Dominique Dufour, Philippe Vernier, Robert O. M. Mwanga, Monica L. Parker, Elmar Schulte Geldermann, Béla Teeken, Tesfamicheal Wossen, Elisabetta Gotor, Enoch Kikulwe, Hale Tufan, Sophie Sinelle, Amani Michel Kouakou, Michael Friedmann, Vivian Polar & Clair Hershey (2021). A review of varietal change in roots, tubers and bananas: consumer preferences and other drivers of adoption and implications for breeding. International Journal of Food science and Technology, 56(3), 1076-1092. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijfs.14684 > Read more

Gregory J. Scott (2021). A review of root, tuber and banana crops in developing countries: past, present and future. International Journal of Food science and Technology, 56(3), 1093-1114. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijfs.14778 > Read more

Lora Forsythe, Hale Tufan, Alexandre Bouniol, Ulrich Kleih & Geneviève Fliedel (2021). An interdisciplinary and participatory methodology to improve user acceptability of root, tuber and banana varieties. International Journal of Food science and Technology, 56(3), 1115-1123. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijfs.14680 > Read more

External publications of interest

Vivian Polar & Matty Demont  (2022) Designer Crops of the Future Must Be Better Tailored for Women in Agriculture - Nutrition levels and taste should be considered along with traits such as higher yields. Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/designer-crops-of-the-future-must-be-better-tailored-for-women-in-agriculture/

Fredrick Ouma Nuani,Eric Obedy Gido & Oscar Ingasia Ayuya (2022). Consumer preference for selected roots and tubers among urban households, International Journal of Vegetable Science, Published online: 07 May 2022. https://doi.org/10.1080/19315260.2022.2070570

Graham Thiele , Michael Friedmann M., Hugo Campos H., Vivian Polar V, Jeffery W. Bentley (2022). Root, tuber and banana food system innovations - Value creation for inclusive outcomes, Springer International Publishing, Book Series 2022. Open Access. 561 pages. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-92022-7

Rhys Manners, ElkeVandamme, Julius Adewopo, Philip Thornton, Michael Friedmann, Sebastien Carpentier, Kodjovi Senam Ezui & Graham Thiele (2021). Suitability of root, tuber, and banana crops in Central Africa can be favoured under future climates. Agricultural Systems, 193, e103246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103246

Thiele, G. & Friedmann, M. (2020). The vital importance of RTB crops in the One CGIAR portfolio. RTB Research Brief 02. 4 p. Lima, Peru: CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas.     https://cgspace.cgiar.org/bitstream/handle/10568/109915/The%20vital%20importance%20of%20RTB%20crops_ResearchBrief02.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y

Elliott J. Price, Margit Drapal, Laura Perez-Fons, Delphine Amah, Ranjana Bhattacharjee, Bettina Heider, Mathieu Rouard, Rony Swennen, Luis Augusto Becerra Lopez-Lavalle & Paul D. Fraser (2020). Metabolite database for root, tuber, and banana crops to facilitate modern breeding in understudied crops. The Plant Journal, 101, 1258–1268. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.14649

Lebot, V. (2019). Tropical Root and Tuber Crops: Cassava, Sweet Potato, Yams and Aroids (Crop Production Science in Horticulture). 2nd edn, p. 544. Wallingford: CABI. https://www.cabi.org/bookshop/book/9781789243369/

Saranraj P., Sudhanshu S. Behera, Ramesh C. Ray, (2019). Chapter 7 - Traditional Foods From Tropical Root and Tuber Crops: Innovations and Challenges. In : Charis M. Galanakis, Innovations in Traditional Foods, Woodhead Publishing, 159-191, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-814887-7.00007-1

Kennedy, G., Raneri, J.E., Stoian, D., Burgos G., Ceballos, Ekesa B., Johnson V., Low J. W., Talsma E. F. (2019). Roots, tubers and bananas: contributions to food security. Encyclopedia of Food Security and Sustainability, 3, 231– 255. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-100596-5.21537-0

Petsakos, A., Prager, S.D., Gonzalez, C.E., Chibwana Gama A., Sulser T. B., Gbegbelegbe S., Kikulwe E.M., Hareau G. (2019). Understanding the consequences of changes in the production frontiers for roots, tubers and bananas. Global Food Security, 20, 180– 188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2018.12.005

Almekinders, C.J.M., Walsh, S., Jacobsen, K.S. , Andrade-Piedra, J. L., McEwan M. A., de Haan S., Kumar L., Staver C. (2019)  Why interventions in the seed systems of roots, tubers and bananas crops do not reach their full potential. Food Security, 11, 23–42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-018-0874-4

Muimba‐Kankolongo, A. (2018). Root and Tuber Crops. In: Food Crop Production by Smallholder Farmers in Southern Africa: Challenges and Opportunities for Improvement. Chapter 9, Pp. 123– 172. Amsterdam: Elsevier. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-814383-4.00009-8

Thiele, G., Khan, A., Heider, B., Kroschel, J. , Harahagazwe, D., Andrade, M., Bonierbale, M., Friedmann, M., Gemenet, D. , Cherinet, M., Quiroz, R., Faye, E. , Dangles, O. (2017). Roots, Tubers and Bananas: Planning and research for climate resilience. Open Agriculture, 2(1), 350–361. https://doi.org/10.1515/opag-2017-0039

Bricas, N., Tchamda, C. & Martin, P. (2016). Are the cities of West and Central Africa so dependant on food imports? Cahiers Agricultures, 25, 10. https://doi.org/10.1051/cagri/2016036

Jaron Goddard, Katie Panhorst Harris, Allison Kelly, Alison Cullen, Travis Reynolds & Leigh Anderson (2015). Root, Tuber, and Banana Textural Traits A Review of the Available Food Science and Consumer Preferences Literature, Evans School Policy Analysis and Research (EPAR), Brief No. 295, 62 pages. https://epar.evans.uw.edu/sites/default/files/EPAR_REQUEST_295_RTB_Literature_Review_2-22-15FINAL_0.pdf