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…
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…
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 has accepted to be the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture’s ‘Goodwill Ambassador,’ in an effort to help fight hunger and poverty in Africa.
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 …
