More yield, less crop loss from new striga-resistant maize
18 December 2008
IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria – Maize farmers in West and Central Africa (WCA) could soon enjoy increased harvests and reduced crop losses due to Striga with the introduction of two new resistant varieties — TZLComp1Syn W-1 (Sammaz 16) and IWDC2SynF2 (Sammaz 15)...
IITA wins CGIAR 08 science awards
05 December 2008
Maputo, Mozambique - IITA has won two major CGIAR Science Awards for innovations in developing and promoting postharvest technologies and agricultural communications strategies to reduce hunger and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa.
Bigger profits, better product from new cassava flash dryer
25 November 2008
IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria - Cassava farmers and processors are set to earn bigger profits and get better-quality product thanks to a new cost-effective and efficient flash dryer that produces 300% more flour while using 40% less fuel.
R4D WEEK 2008 - IITA highlights outcomes, plans next steps
17 November 2008
IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria - From 17 to 21 November, more than 100 IITA scientists converged at the Institute's headquarters in Ibadan to hold a strategic week-long series of meetings and workshops to review significant program outcomes in 2008 and to develop individual and program-level workplans for 2009.
Farmers get better yields from new drought-tolerant cassava
03 November 2008
IITA, Nigeria - Cassava farmers in the semi-arid zones of sub-Saharan Africa are now enjoying 6-10 times better yields thanks to a new variety developed by IITA that is well-adapted to the dry or drought-prone conditions of the region.
