New processing centres raise cassavas outlook in Sierra Leone
18 December 2009
IITA, IBADAN— Cassava’s profile as a food security and poverty-reducing crop got a boost with the commissioning of five new processing centres in Sierra Leone, thanks to the Common Fund for Commodities, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute and other partners.
Impact study links agricultural research with poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa
01 December 2009
A study on the impact of agricultural research on productivity and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) shows that agricultural research is reducing the number of poor people in the region by 2.3 million annually.
Banana-coffee mix boosts farmers' incomes by 50 percent
26 November 2009
Growing coffee and banana together could increase farmers’ revenues by as much as 50 percent, an IITA study has shown. Based on this finding, researchers are encouraging coffee and banana farmers in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo...
Maize farmers enjoy better grains with Aflasafe
16 November 2009
Farmers in Nigeria participating in the biocontrol of aflatoxins using Aflasafe™— a fungus-based biocontrol product developed by IITA— say the quality of their maize grains has significantly improved after the product's application in their fields.
Q and A - The DG on IITA's challenges, impact, the food crisis
09 November 2009
IITA Director General Hartmann speaks about the unique challenges of working in Nigeria, his vision of a global research park, the food crisis, the institute's impact in Africa, and adapting to the changing times.
