Cassava is crucial for food security of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa. The crop has
great potential to contribute to African development and is increasing its income-earning …

Roots, tubers and cooking bananas are bulky and highly perishable. In Africa, except for
yams, their consumption is mainly after transport, peeling and cooking in the form of boiled …

Gender-responsive breeding is a new approach to making sure modern breeding takes
advantage of opportunities to improve gender equality in agriculture. Conventional research …

This paper reviews and analyzes key features from cassava breeding at the International
Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) over 50 years and draws lessons for public breeding …

BACKGROUND Nigeria and Cameroon are multi‐ethnic countries with diverse preferences
for food characteristics. The present study aimed to inform cassava breeders on consumer …

Matching crop varieties to their target use context and user preferences is a challenge faced
by many plant breeding programs serving smallholder agriculture. Numerous participatory …

Demand-led breeding strategies are gaining importance in public sector breeding globally.
While borrowing approaches from the private sector, public sector programs remain mainly …

Summary “Consumers have their say: assessing preferred quality traits of roots, tubers and
cooking bananas, and implications for breeding” special issue, brings together new …

Crop breeding in sub‐Saharan Africa has made considerable gains; however, postharvest
and food‐related preferences have been overlooked, in addition to how these preferences …

Conversion of cassava (Manihot esculenta) roots to processed products such as gari and
fufu before consumption is a common practice worldwide by cassava end-user for …