Neuf étudiants doctorants africains ont obtenu une bourse du Partenariat mondial sur la science rizicole (GRiSS). Ils représentent un tiers du nombre total des candidats du GRiSS retenus à travers le monde suite à un processus hautement compétitif…
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The 16th International Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops (ISTRC)
Theme: The Roots and Tubers of Development and Climate Change – Tropical roots and tuber crops are essential to meeting global food security needs, improving staple foods of world’s poor and creating new opportunities in global food supply …

Youths critical to winning war against environmental degradation and global warming
Getting the youths involved in conservation could help preserve Africa’s forests, sustain efforts on reforestation, and slow down the alarming rate of deforestation and natural resource degradation, says Nteranya Sanginga, IITA Director General.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is now IITA Goodwill Ambassador
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has accepted to be the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture’s ‘Goodwill Ambassador,’ in an effort to help fight hunger and poverty in Africa.
IITA welcomes new Director General
On 1 November 2011, IITA turned another important page in it’s almost 45 year history when it welcomed Dr Nteranya Sanginga as its seventh Director General. Sanginga takes over the helm of the institute from Hartmann who officially ended his 10-year …
