MIRACLE changing lives in northern Mozambique
Malema District of Nampula Province in northern Mozambique is tagged by most people as the silo of the province. It is around 350 km from Nampula town.
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International researchers honor IITA scientist for discovery of a new species of fruit fly
Eminent international fruit fly taxonomists of the Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium (MRAC) and the Natural History Museum, London, England, have honored Dr Georg Goergen, Head of the Biodiversity Center of IITA in BĂ©nin for his continuing assessment activities on the West African insect fauna. These have recently led to the discovery and description of a new species of fruit fly (Dacus) in BĂ©nin and Togo…
IITA and FARA renew commitment to work together, pull together and deliver together
In his first official mission as Executive Director of FARA, Dr Yemi Akinbamijo visits Dr Nteranya Sanginga, Director General of IITA in Ibadan on Friday. Both leaders reconfirm their commitment to redouble institutional efforts and boost the agricultural sector in Africa. IITA and FARA also underscore the need for deepening their institutional relationship to generate scientific innovations and create impact at farm levels…
Africa Agriculture Science Week – How can Africa feed Africa?
Efforts by Africans to feed themselves and escape the food importation trap and put the continent on the path to economic growth must give attention to soil fertility, according to DG Nteranya Sanginga…
Top international scientists recommend increase in public funding for cassava sector
More than 60 international top-level scientists from the cassava world have urged African governments to increase public funding for the cassava sector. In the long-expected event “Productivity, Processes and People: Adding Value to Cassava” organized by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)…
Farmers in twenty African countries get new window of opportunity to significantly increase yield
Efforts to transform agriculture in Africa have received a boost as more than 60 researchers and partners met under the Support for Agricultural Research and Development of Strategic Crops (SARD-SC)’s event “Partners, Possibilities and Prospects” on 15 July 2013 at the 6th African Agricultural Science Week in Accra. The SARD-SC project will raise the productivity of maize, cassava, wheat, and rice by 20% in twenty selected countries in Africa…
AGRA-funded project builds capacities of seed specialists
Researchers from IITA and the National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC) have trained seed production specialists/managers and technicians of private seed companies on how to produce and market seeds of improved crop varieties as part of efforts to boost farmers’ yields through availability and use of quality seeds. Supported by the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), the training aims to develop the critical human resource that will catalyze the production of improved seeds, and at the same time make the seeds available and affordable to farmers…
Project chalks up significant progress to save maize from parasitic Striga in Kenya and Nigeria
Thousands of farmers in Kenya and Nigeria are successfully battling the invasion in their farms by Striga, a deadly parasitic weed also called “purple vampire”. They are now enjoying higher yields in maize, the number one staple in Kenya and an important cash crop in Nigeria…
New technique could treble Africa’s rice output – institute
LAGOS (AFP) — A Nigerian-based regional agricultural research outfit has come up with a new yield-enhancing system of rice production to help the continent battle rising food shortages and prices, an official told AFP.
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