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The 13th International Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops- Africa Branch (ISTRC-AB)

Name: The 13th International Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops- Africa Branch (ISTRC-AB)
Start: 2017-03-05T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2017-03-10T23:59:59+00:00
Location: White Sands Hotel

March 5, 2017 - March 10, 2017

The 13th International Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops will take place at White Sands Hotel, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania between 5th and 10th March 2017. The theme of the symposium is “Expanding Collaboration, Catalyzing Innovation of Root Crops for Accelerating Africa’s Economic Growth”. It has five sub-themes: 1. Managing priority genetic resources, cropping systems pests and diseases 2. Commercial Seed System, Agronomy and weed management 3. Postharvest technologies, nutrition, value chains and market opportunities 4. Enhancing innovative impact through partnerships 5. Mobilizing Investors for Sustainable Root & Tuber Crop Research and Development.

Details

Start:: March 5, 2017
End:: March 10, 2017
Event Category:: Symposium
Event Tags:: cropping systems, Genetic resources, Nutrition, Root Crops, seed system, Symposium
Website:: http://istrc-ab.org/

Organizers

: The Government of Tanzania
: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
: CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Banana
: Cassava GEN
: FARA
: CAVAII
: HarvestPlus
: EU-NRI-CassavaGMarkets
: CIP (SASHA Project)
: SARD-SC
: ATASP-1 Outreach
: IFAD HQCF
: Cassava Weed Project
: International Society of Root and Tuber Crops
: FAO

Venue

White Sands Hotel; P O Box 3030 Africana Road Jangwani Beach DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania
Dar es Salaam, Jangwani Beach Tanzania, United Republic Of + Google Map
Phone:: +255 758 818 696 / +255 758 818 697 / +255 758 818 698 / +255 758 818 699; View Venue Website