Turning prisoners to yam farmersPrison inmates participating in a yam improvement project led by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and Diocesan Development Services (DDS) are gaining skills on how to better cultivate the tuber crop, and are being empowered to face life’s challenges after serving their jail terms. The 16th International Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops (ISTRC)The 16th Triennial Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops (ISTRC) will be held at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Ogun State, Nigeria from Sunday 23rd – Friday 28th September 2012.
The 12th International Plant Virus Epidemiology Symposium28 to 31 January 2013, Arusha, Tanzania For further details, click here.
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