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There is no doubt that farmers and governments have tried to make the most use of available methods to fight banana wilt. But these efforts need to be supported with additional alternatives-developing transgenic banana varieties resistant to banana Xanthomonas wilt (BXW).
This week SciDev.Net has published a pair of practical advice article. The one offers guidance to journalists reporting on controversies in science, the other supports scientists and science communicators to explain them to the public:
The challenge facing IITA scientists, their collaborators and partners is to reposition sub-Saharan African agriculture for improved productivity.
L’Union Economique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine (UEMOA) et l’Institut International d’Agriculture Tropicale (IITA) ont signé à Ouagadougou, au siège de l’UEMOA, un protocole d’accord le 14 novembre 2006.
2006 IITA-GCP Bioinformatics workshop will be held on Oct. 12th – 13th at ILRI campus in Nairobi, Kenya. The goal of this workshop is to build the research capacity in the area of genomics and bioinformatics in IITA-Nairobi as well as the NARs in this region.
The meeting for the selection of the second batch of top cassava genotypes for nomination for national release started at 10.00am on Thursday, 21 September.
A workshop on “Appropriating biotechnology for investment opportunities in Nigeria” was held in Sokoto on Thursday, 20 July.
The Sustainable Tree Crop Program (STCP), managed by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has been developing an integrated approach to address key constraints…
IITA and relevant government agencies have been urged to support the Cassava Equipment Fabricators Association of Nigeria (CEFAN) to develop an efficient and cost-effective made-in-Nigeria flash dryer
