Commercial soybean production now in vogue
Commercial soybean production is expanding fast in Borno State of Nigeria. Several farmers in the southern part of the State are adopting the production of the crop for food and for income generation…
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IITA/Gatsby innovations on cowpea production
Farmers participating in the IITA/Gatsby crop-livestock project in the northern Guinea savanna of Nigeria are taking advantage of the extra early varieties of cowpea supplied them under the project to double their production and earn more income.
IITA response to General Staff Association action
The following facts have been released by IITA Management today, 26 July 2007 in response to the action by its General Staff at its Ibadan campus.
Scientists found solution for aflatoxin contamination
Scientists at IITA have assembled a set of eight non-toxin producing (atoxigenic) strains of Aspergillus flavus capable of radically reducing aflatoxin in maize using the biological control approach.
The role of inputs and productivity in agricultural development in Africa
The potential sources of agricultural growth are land, agrochemicals, labor quantity, labor quality, tractors, livestock, technology, and random factors. All these put together and harnessed determine both agricultural and economic growth in Africa.
Cassava, the king crop
Research at lITA covers crop improvement, plant health, and resource management of cassava, cowpea, soybean, maize, banana, and yam within a food systems framework.
Facing up to food crisis in sub-Saharan Africa- the challenges, gaps, and role of agricultural…
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.
Musa Conference – first announcement
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
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
