Acronyms
All RTB' acronyms
AR4D | Agricultural Research for Development |
BMGF | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
BTI | Boyce Thompson Institute |
CARBAP | Centre Africain de Recherche sur Bananiers et Plantains |
CATA (test) | Check all that apply testing |
CIAT | International Tropical Agricultural Research Centre |
CIP | the International Potato Center |
CIRAD | the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development |
CNRA | Centre National de Recherche Agronomique |
CoP | Community of Practice |
CRP | CGIAR (global) Research programme |
DMC | dry matter content |
FAO | (UN) Food and Agriculture Organisation |
GXE | Genotype by Environment |
HSI | Hyper-spectral imaging |
HTPP | high-throughput phenotyping protocols |
IITA | the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture |
INRAe | the French National Institute for Agricultural Research |
JAR (test) | Just about right testing |
JHI | the James Hutton Institute |
MTPP | Medium-throughput phenotyping protocols |
NaCRRI | National Crops Resources Research Institute |
NARL | National Agricultural Research Laboratories, Uganda |
NARO | National Agricultural Research Organisation |
NIRS | Near Infrared Spectroscopy Spectra |
NRI | the Natural Resources Institute University of Greenwich |
NSPs | non-starch polysaccharides NSPs |
One CGIAR | The restructured CGIAR global research network |
PME | pectin-methyl-esterase |
PMU | Programme Management Unit |
PVS | Participatory varietal selection |
QDA | Quantitative descriptive analysis |
RMSEs | root mean square errors |
RTB | Roots, Tubers and Bananas |
SOP | Standard Operating Procedures |
TRICOT | triadic comparison of technologies |
UAC/FSA | Abomey-Calavi University- Faculty of Agronomic Sciences |
VUE | variety (V); user (U); and socio-economic environment (E) |
YEIB | Yam Excellence in Breeding (platform) |