CIP’s Campos Honored for leadership in Roots, Tubers, and Bananas: Advancing Food Security Across Africa and beyond

Nairobi, Kenya – March 26, 2025 – Dr. Hugo Campos from the International Potato Center (CIP), a CGIAR research center, has been recognized by the International Society for Tropical Root and Tuber Crops – Africa Branch (ISTRC-AB) at its Symposium 2025 held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, for its outstanding contributions to the development and promotion of root, tuber, and banana (RTB) crops in Africa.

RTB Breeding, a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation investment, has played a critical role in positioning these crops, known as “hunger crops” for being available on the ground when other crops are not or have failed. In addition to CIP, other major players in RTB Breeding are the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), France’s CIRAD, fifteen National Agricultural Research Systems form West, Central and East Africa, and several African, US- and Europe-based universities

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