IITA-Mozambique hosts DG Sanginga

On 21 to 22 March, IITA-Mozambique hosted IITA Director General Nteranya Sanginga, for a two-day visit to oversee preparations for the upcoming Board of Trustees (BoT) meeting

DDG-Corporate Services visits IITA-SARAH

Deputy Director General for Corporate Services, Hilde Koper-Limbourg, was at the IITA Southern Africa Research and Administration Hub (IITA-SARAH) at Kabangwe, Lusaka Province, Zambia

Publications update (February 1 – 28, 2017)

IMPACT FACTOR (Thomson’s Journal Citation Report 2015) AUTHOR(S) PUBLICATION TITLE PUB. TYPE PUB. SOURCE 4.495 Bisaga, M., Lowe, M., Hegarty, M., Abberton, M. & Ravagnani, A. Deep sequencing of suppression subtractive hybridisation drought and recovery libraries of the non-model crop Trifolium repens L. Article Frontiers in Plant Science. 8:213, 2017. 1—39. (ISSN: 1664-462X) 4.495 Korir, … Continue reading Publications update (February 1 – 28, 2017)

Scientists gather to compare notes on status of genetic improvement of yam in Africa

This week, progress on research efforts geared towards the improvement of the genetic potential and productivity of two most cultivated yam species in Africa will be the focus of the deliberations of scientists convening for the annual meeting of the AfricaYam project at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Ibadan.