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There has been a long drawn awareness about the food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa. Over the past three decades, stories of food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa has dominated global news.
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is organizing an Africa-based conference that will focus on banana and plantain research across Africa: lessons learnt and the way forward.
Solution found for cassava root-rot devastation in Africa Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – Scientists of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) have developed varieties resistant to Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD) in collaboration with their counterparts at the National Agricultural Research Systems in Tanzania
The prospects of a scientific breakthrough in the biological control of the cowpea pod borer, Maruca vitrata are high under the collaborative efforts of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the World Vegetable Center (AVRDC).
A vital research program that has already had significant impact on the lives of African farmers will accelerate its work for their benefit, thanks to new funding from one of the world’s most important philanthropic organizations, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
“We are really pleased to inform you that the NEW LOOK for New Agriculturist has now been launched. See highlights featured below including Kathy Sierra’s perspective, a news item on the CGIAR awards and CG articles also in Focus On, Developments and news in brief items.”
IBADAN, Monday, 8 January 2007 – The light aircraft of the International Institute of Tropical Agrticulture (IITA) was involved in an incident on Saturday 6 January 2007 in the late afternoon.
The W.K. Kellog Foundation has given a grant of US$599 800 to IITA to promote NEPAD Pan Africa Cassava Initiative (NPACI) for sustainable economic growth, food security, and poverty alleviation in Africa.
Two IITAscientists were among few recipients of this year’s Science Awards conferred by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), at its recent annual general meeting in Washington DC.
