Research Institute of Tropical Root and Tuber Crops (INIVIT)

Industry

Bioprocess equipment, Seeds & genetics

Topics

Hybrid seeds & crop breeding, GM traits & gene editing

Role

Research / RTO — “…nanas and plantains. | The Research Institute of Tropical Root and Tuber Crops (INIVIT) is an active Cuban gov…”

Parent / group

Ministerio de la Agricultura (MINAG)

Why it is bioeconomy

INIVIT is a Cuban public research institute under the Ministry of Agriculture focused on agricultural biotechnology, genetic resources, and crop improvement for tropical roots, tubers, and plantains.

Found via

[Gap] Cuba · agri

Not yet cited as a supplier in a graded solution.

Subsidiaries: Estación Experimental Cascajal · Estación Experimental Camagüey · Estación Experimental Guantánamo

• 2026-05-08 Vanguardia Nacional prestigioso centro científico villaclareño
  The article reports that the Instituto de Investigaciones en Viandas Tropicales (INIVIT) in Santo Domingo, Santa Clara, has been awarded the National Vanguard Center (Colectivo Vanguardia Nacional) by the Cuban workers’ union, recognizing its research, …
• 2025-10-10 Obtienen en Cuba la semilla botánica de la malanga Xanthosoma spp › Cuba › Granma - Órgano oficial del PCC
  The article reports that Cuba’s Institute of Investigations of Tropical Root Crops (INIVIT) has for the first time obtained the botanical seed of malanga (Xanthosoma spp.), positioning Cuba at the forefront of this research and enabling hybridization-based …
• 2026-02-19 Logran científicos cubanos resistencia genética a plaga del tetuán en cultivos de boniato - Agenda Económica
  The article highlights that Cuba’s Instituto de Investigaciones de Viandas Tropicales (Inivit) collaborates with China’s Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences on a 24-year genetic-improvement program for sweet potato, yielding resistant genotypes (notably …
• 2026-01-10 El Inivit continúa generando buenas noticias - CMHW
  INIVIT (Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones en Viandas Tropicales) in Villa Clara, Cuba, has achieved a historic milestone by obtaining the botanical seed of malanga (Xanthosoma spp.) for the first time in Cuba, enabling directed hybridization and genetic …
• 2026-07-03 In the midst of an agricultural crisis, Villa Clara aims to produce its own seeds for potatoes and coffee in the plains
  The article notes that for potatoes, Villa Clara aims to produce domestic seeds in collaboration with the National Institute of Tropical Roots (Inivit) to stop importing seed potatoes (Brazil as a current source). It implies INIVIT is involved as a partner in …
• 2026-05-16 Logran nuevos clones de boniato en finca de Cienfuegos (+Fotos) | Perlavisión
  The article notes that the Research Institute of Tropical Root and Tuber Crops (INIVIT) leads the project to develop new sugar-plantain clones (boniato) alongside the University of Cienfuegos and the Punta La Cueva farm, with INIVIT supervising the clone …

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