The Global Cassava Partnership for the 21st Century (GCP21) is an international alliance of research institutions dedicated to increase research and funding on cassava, and dedicated to transfer modern technologies to permit crop improvement breakthroughs in the coming years.
GCP21 Facts
The slide show presented below is a compilation of data from the FAOStat database (2010), presenting the evolution over time of the production and productivity of the major food crops in Africa as well as the evolution over time of the cassava production and productivity in the world. The slide show has been updated in 2010 with data from 1970 to 2008.
Click the image to start the slide show on your screen or you can download the ppt.
Steering Committee
GCP21 is an informal organization, without permanent funding and therefore without permanent administration. GCP21 is composed of a steering committee (see composition below), and it is keeps an updated portfolio of topics and methodologies for research and development purposes (see GCP21 Statement - 2010). The major activities of GCP21 is to organize two types of regular meetings: Strategic meetings of the GCP21 to discuss and update the content of the Portfolio (see Strategic meeting Bellagio-I , and see Strategic meeting Bellagio-II), and scientific GCP21 Conferences (see GCP21-I, Ghent 2008 and GCP21-II, Kampala 2012)
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IITA CIAT FAO |
Member Organizations
Shanghai Center for Cassava Biotechnology
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Colombia,
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nigeria,
Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), Brazil,
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center (ILTAB), USA,
FAO / IAEA, Austria
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich,
National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO), Uganda,
Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (CTCRI), India,
National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Nigeria,
Research Institute for Legumes and Tuber Crops (RILTC), Indonesia,
University of Bath, Bath, U.K.,
Root and Tuber Improvement Programme (RTIP), Ghana,
South China Institute of Botany (SCBI), Ghangzhou, China,
Centre National de la Recherche Agronomique (CNRA), Cote d'Ivoire,
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Contacts
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Dr. Claude M. Fauquet Director ILTAB Member Danforth Plant Science Center 975 N. Warson Rd. St Louis, MO63132 Tel: 314-587-1241 Cell: 314-477-3973 Fax: 314-587-1341 Email: iltab@danforthcenter.org danforthcenter.org/iltab |
Dr. Joe Tohme Dir Biotechnology Group CIAT Apartado AA6713 Cali Colombia Email: j.tohme@cgiar.org |