National and international rice experts in Africa have joined forces to set up continent-wide task forces on critical thematic areas in the rice sector to stimulate the delivery of improved technologies. Focusing on five themes – (1) breeding; (2) ag…
Les experts riz nationaux et internationaux d’Afrique se sont réunis pour mettre en place des Groupes d’action à l’échelle du continent dans les domaines thématiques importants du secteur rizicole en vue de stimuler la livraison de technologi…
The Nigerian Government announced on Wednesday the release of three new vitamin A-enriched ‘yellow’ cassava varieties that could provide more vitamin A in the diets of more than 70 million Nigerians who eat the root crop everyday. The yellow color …
His Excellency President Goodluck Jonathan has hinted that Nigeria may soon have a new policy on bread content, following the successful development of bread containing 40% cassava flour by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA).
Nine PhD students from Africa have won the 2011 Global Rice Science Scholarship (GRiSS). They represent one-third of the total number of successful GRiSS candidates selected from around the world through a highly competitive process. GRiSS was launched…
