Where We Work

We bring together plant breeders, database managers, programmers, bioinformaticians, gender specialists, and food scientists.

With the support of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office, NextGen Cassava’s international team works with institutional partners across eight countries on four continents.

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Colombia
Boyce Thompson Institute, USA
USDA-ARS, USA
University of Hawai’i/USDA-ARS Pacific West, USA
Embrapa, Brazil
Liebneiz Institute, Germany
West African Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), Ghana
National Crops Resources Research Institute (NaCRRI), Uganda
National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI), Nigeria
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nigeria
Makerere University, Uganda
Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI), Tanzania

Africa

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

Nigeria

National Root Crops Research Institute

Nigeria

West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement

Ghana

National Root Crops Research Institute

Nigeria

Makerere University

Uganda

Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute

Tanzania

South America

Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation

Brazil

International Center for Tropical Agriculture

Colombia

Europe

Leibniz Institute DSMZ

Germany

North America

Cornell University

United States

Boyce Thompson Institute

United States

University of Hawaii

United States

USDA-ARS

United States

Partners

RTB Foods

Phenoapp

Cassava Whitefly Project

CGIAR Excellence in Breeding