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.
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 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 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.
Research at lITA covers crop improvement, plant health, and resource management of cassava, cowpea, soybean, maize, banana, and yam within a food systems framework.
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.
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
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
The prospects of a scientific breakthrough in the biological control of the cowpea pod borer, Maruca vitrata are high under the collaborative efforts of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the World Vegetable Center (AVRDC).
