News year: 2014
Different partners drawn from policymakers from central and local governments, national and international research organizations, civil society, the private sector and the media have formed a Learning Alliance which will facilitate the sharing of information, knowledge, and experiences on issues of climate change…
In the last 3 years IITA has grown tremendously. It has seen nearly a doubling of its staff and tripling of its budget. This has been a result of the Institute’s drive to motivate and invest in its people, facilities, and partnerships. However, the staff should not rest on their laurels as there are still challenges ahead as IITA strives to deliver on its new refreshed strategy and to face further restructuring of the CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs)…
On 5 December – World Soil Day – we celebrate the importance of soil as a foundation for healthy people and landscapes. As global population grows and places demands on agricultural outputs, we need to think carefully about how we use resources, including land. In the context of food security, simply increasing the amount of agricultural land we use is neither desirable nor feasible. What we need is innovation, from the ground up…
Policymakers and researchers in Africa have declared the rising youth unemployment iin the continent a potential “time bomb” that should be quickly “defused” using appropriate policies and initiatives before it “detonates” and wreaks havoc on the continent.
IITA has been working in Uganda since 1992. Currently, close to 60 staff and 30 students, are engaged in a wide range of activities to increase productivity of some of the most important food crops such as cassava, bananas and plantains, and coffee, among others. Activities include tackling destructive pests and diseases, researching for crop improvement through breeding and transformation, developing and promoting good farming practices and value chain development and providing advisory services to the government of Uganda…
Winning or losing, we shall stand together. I am your rapporteur and you will arm me with your opinions so that when I speak to the Board, I will be speaking for you. This was the message of Dr Nteranya Sanginga during this year’s edition of Meet the DG—an annual event instituted by the DG as part of his policy on promoting openness since assuming office on 1 November 2011…
Efforts to reduce mycotoxin contamination in staple crops have received a much-needed boost with the launch of a well-equipped modern laboratory to conduct research on the toxins and ground breaking for the construction a modular, small-scale plant to manufacture Aflasafe KE01—a biopesticide to control aflatoxin at the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) center, Katumani in Machakos County, Kenya…
The productivity of legumes―which are important crops for improving nutrition as a cheap source of protein, increasing farmers’ incomes, and improving soil fertility as they fix nitrogen from the air into the soils―can be easily increased and even doubled with application of improved technologies…
Today, all roads lead to the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) Centre at Katumani, in Machakos, Kenya, to launch a laboratory for research and building capacity for managing mycotoxins (poisonous substances produced on different crops by different fungi) in the region…
