Root, Tuber and Banana Food System Innovations

Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Part I: Overview, Institutional Change and Scaling -- Chapter 1: Overview -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Importance of RT& -- B Crops -- 1.3 Challenges and Opportunities for RT& -- B Crops -- 1.3.1 Processing, Marketing, and Distribution -- 1.3.2 Enhancing Productivity -- 1.3.3 Improving Livelihoods -- 1.4 A Primer on Innovation and the Jobs to Be Done -- 1.5 Layout of the Book and Key Lessons to Enable Effective Innovation in RT& -- B Seed Systems -- 1.5.1 Institutional Change and Scaling -- 1.5.2 Processing, Marketing, and Distribution -- 1.5.3 Enhancing Productivity -- 1.5.4 Improving Livelihoods -- 1.6 What Next for RT& -- B Crops and the Smallholder Farmers Relying on Them -- References -- Chapter 2: Innovation Models to Deliver Value at Scale: The RTB Program -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Context -- 2.3 CGIAR Collaborative Programs -- 2.4 Design and Evolution of CRPs -- 2.5 RTB Program -- 2.5.1 Collective Action in Management, Leadership, and Associative Governance -- 2.5.2 Stakeholder Consultation and Participatory Design -- 2.5.3 Priority Setting to Guide Investments and Build the Portfolio -- 2.5.4 RTB 2.0: Portfolio Organized by Aggregated Innovations with Linked Impact Pathways -- 2.5.5 Programmatic Embedding of Strategic and Integrated Gender Research -- 2.5.6 Internal Funding Mechanisms and Incentives -- 2.5.7 Dynamic Interactive Communication Capability to Build a Shared Vision and Engage Stakeholders -- 2.5.8 Purposive National Partner Engagement -- 2.6 Program Outcomes -- 2.7 Lessons Learned from RTB -- 2.8 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Scaling Readiness: Learnings from Applying a Novel Approach to Support Scaling of Food System Innovations -- 3.1 Scaling of Innovation and Scaling Readiness.