Root, Tuber and Banana Food System Innovations: Value Creation for Inclusive Outcomes

This book highlights recent innovations in food systems based on root, tuber, and banana crops in developing countries, addressing challenges such as vegetative seed, bulky produce, and perishability. By considering gender, these innovations create value, food, jobs, and new income sources while improving the well-being and quality of life of users. The book showcases outcomes from the CGIAR Research Program in Roots, Tubers, and Banana (RTB), which accelerated the scaling of innovations to reach end users cost-effectively. Its examples and insights are applicable worldwide, benefiting decision-makers, researchers, and scholars of innovation.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 561 pages
Publication date: 07 April 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This open-access book delves into recent advancements in food systems centered around root, tuber, and banana crops in developing countries. These innovations address numerous challenges associated with these vital crops, including their vegetative seed and bulky and perishable produce. By creating value, food, jobs, and new income sources, these innovations simultaneously enhance the well-being and quality of life of their users. Women play crucial roles in the production, processing, and marketing of roots, tubers, and bananas, making it essential to consider gender in successful innovation. These crops and their value chains have historically been neglected by research and development, contributing to the gap addressed by this book.

The book showcases numerous outcomes of the CGIAR Research Program in Roots, Tubers, and Banana (RTB), which operated from 2012 to 2021, spanning multiple tropical countries, academic and industry partners, diverse crops, and significant initiatives. It outlines the successful innovation model developed by RTB, which brings together diverse partners and organizations to create value for end users and drive positive economic and social outcomes. RTB has expedited the scaling of innovations, enabling them to reach numerous end users cost-effectively. While most of the examples and insights in the book are drawn from Africa, their applicability extends worldwide.

This book serves as a valuable resource for decision-makers, researchers, and extension specialists seeking practical ideas and insights into agricultural solutions. It also provides scholars of innovation with a comprehensive understanding of the latest developments in food systems based on root, tuber, and banana crops in developing countries.

Weight: 908g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030920241
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022