The first batch of temperature-controlled shipping containers containing yam tubers from Nigeria have been approved for export to the United States of America and the United Kingdom. Hurray!
IITA recorded three simultaneous “firsts”, all on 30 June when management went all-out to announce the anniversary celebrations in Lagos State, Nigeria.
The US Ambassador to Nigeria, W. Stuart Symington, impressed by the IITA Youth Agripreneurs (IYA) program, has said that he is convinced and compelled to share the “Farming is cool” gospel of IYA with the rest of the world.
In 2015, Kenya’s National Irrigation Board purchased Aflasafe to help deal with aflatoxin contamination in maize. What were the results of this NIB purchase then, and today two years on?
The Nigerian Minister of Finance, Honorable Kemi Adeosun, visited the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) on 10 June to learn about the IITA Agripreneurs Program (IYA) and the African Development Bank-funded ENABLE Youth (Empowering Novel Agri-Business-Led Employment) Program.
Is drought-resilient maize an answer to pressure on African farmers through climate change? Renowned Rural 21—the International journal for rural development in its May 2017 edition featured responses from a panel of experts including Tahirou Abdoulaye, IITA’s Agricultural Economist.
As it turns 50, IITA inaugurated a new research station in Ago-Owu in Osun state, Nigeria, this week with about 2,000 farmers, students, research and development partners, government officials, and media in attendance.
As IITA, marks its 50th anniversary, the Institute on Thursday inaugurated a new research station in Ago-Owu in Osun State, Nigeria, as part of efforts to expand its research agenda and create impact at farm level.
Both aim to reduce postharvest losses and were declared winners during the postharvest innovation challenge at the first All Africa Postharvest Congress & Exhibition held 28-31 March, in Nairobi, Kenya.
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