IITA DG wins debate on engaging youth in agribusiness
Africa’s statistics on youth unemployment can be overwhelming but to a visionary it is an untapped resource with the potential of changing the status quo of poverty and hunger which are often...
View ArticleBack to the farm
November 17, 2015 marked a turning point for agricultural extension workers in Osun State when the State Governor Ogbeni Aregbesola asked them to leave the comfort of their offices and go back to the...
View ArticleNew Year message
Thank you all for your hard work and dedication in 2015. Over the past four years we have worked together as a team and this approach will continue to be the major factor in our continued progress and...
View ArticleIITA, CFIL launch the first reality TV show on agriculture
IITA and its partner, the Corporate Farmers International (CFIL), organized a press conference at IITA headquarters in Ibadan in December 2015 to announce plans for Nigeria’s first agribusiness...
View ArticleIITA celebrates with AfDB President on conferment of honorary doctorate degrees
The Director General of IITA, Nteranya Sanginga and the IITA Youth Agripreneurs (IYA) joined other well-wishers to celebrate with Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), the...
View ArticleAgriculture stakeholders in Tanzania hail CGIAR move on integration
Stakeholders in the agricultural sector in Tanzania support the move by CGIAR to integrate the activities of the different centers and research programs (CRPs) and to better align with the country’s...
View ArticleNew Year messages from Management
Nteranya Sanginga Thank you all for your hard work and dedication in 2015. Over the past four years we have worked together as a team and this approach will continue to be the major factor in our...
View ArticleStudy finds gaps in Nigeria’s extension system
A study on the training needs assessment of extension agents in Nigeria has revealed several gaps and constraints that have limited the effectiveness of the extension service in the country. While...
View ArticleIITA builds capacity of staff and partners in Tanzania on aflatoxin control
IITA recently trained its staff, partners, and farmers in Kongwa District, Tanzania, on how to control aflatoxin using Aflasafe, an effective and safe biological control product developed by...
View ArticleIITA gets new training facilities for cassava processing in Tanzania
IITA’s efforts to promote the processing of cassava in Tanzania have received a major boost with the completion and handing over of newly constructed facilities for a training center on cassava...
View ArticleNew partnership celebrates scientific innovations shaping global agriculture...
The global agriculture coalition Farming First and the CGIAR have joined forces to highlight the powerful impact that investments in science and innovation can make on global development. A new...
View ArticleInqaba-IITA trains staff on phylogenetics
Inqaba biotec West Africa in collaboration with IITA organized an Introductory Phylogenetics Workshop on 24-29January, at IITA, Ibadan. The workshop was attended by 15 laboratory scientists from...
View ArticleUgandan Agric Ministry pioneer development of climate change mainstreaming...
The Ugandan Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), with support from IITA-led Policy Action for Climate Change Adaptation (PACCA) project, and USAID Feed the Future Enabling...
View ArticleIITA long-term trials validate ISFM benefits
IITA researchers working together with other scientists have shown that food security, crop yields and farmers’ livelihoods; the resilience of cropping systems to climatic change impacts; and...
View ArticleBiostatistics and SAS refresher courses organized at IITA-Kinshasa
Two statistics courses were organized for IITA staff and partners in DR Congo on 25 January to 5 February. The first―a refresher course on Statistical Analysis System (SAS), was organized for...
View ArticleProject to boost cassava production in Africa through agronomic practices...
The African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) — Taking Agronomy to Scale in Cassava-Based Systems in sub-Saharan Africa, seeking to address this challenge and support smallholder farmers to increase...
View ArticleResearchers on one of the world’s most destructive agricultural pests,...
The 2nd International Whitefly Symposium (IWS2) is taking place in Arusha, Tanzania, this week, 14-19 February. It has brought together more than a hundred scientists from all over the world to discuss...
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