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Scientists across Africa and their colleagues in other parts of the world met with policymakers in Tanzania under the auspices of the African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) to discuss the progress made in the last two years in providing clues to the agronomy of cassava.
IITA was recently granted a permit to carry out confined field trials (CFT) on genetically modified cassava (AMY3 RNAi transgenic lines).
As we approach the end of the year, we say thank you for reading and supporting IITA News.
The year 2017 has been quite eventful and filled with achievements! High on the list is the celebration of the IITA Golden Jubilee with the series of activities that culminated in an awesome R4D week and the 50th Anniversary Science Conference on food security challenges for the next 50 years.
To enhance collaboration and internal communication among staff as well as address concerns with the current Intranet, the Communication Unit (CU) and the Data and Information Management Unit (DIMU) wish to announce that the new Intranet on the SharePoint platform will be launched on 22 January 2018.
On 15 December, the Cassava Breeding unit presented 25 new rakes to members of the Facility Management Services (FMS) of IITA to enhance their work.
This milestone year has passed with notable achievements, thanks to our staff’s devotion to IITA. The year 2017 was outstanding and unique with the Golden Jubilee celebration as the center of all our activities—it was indeed a colorful celebration.
The IITA Board of Trustees (BoT) has approved the new work-life balance policy during the board’s annual meeting in November 2017.
A new dawn is knocking with so much optimism with the coming of the new year.
