Prison inmates participating in a yam improvement project led by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and Diocesan Development Services (DDS) are gaining skills on how to better cultivate the tuber crop, and are being empowered to…
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Africa Science News: Nigeria’s national cocoa transformation initiative receive support
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA, will be providing vital support to Nigeria’s cocoa transformation efforts, as the country embarks on doubling production of the crop in the next few years.
Yakima Herald: Prosser-based researchers rooting out disease in African crop
Researchers from India and Nigeria — working here to stave off grape vine diseases — have come up with new ways to protect cassava plants a hemisphere away.
The Non-Profit Press: IITA to backstop Nigeria¹s national cocoa transformation initiative
In a worldwide economy, agricultural research stretches across the globe, and the Washington State University Irrigated Agricultural Research and Extension Center is a prolific link in that chain of scientific inquiry.
Modern Ghana: IITA to backstop Nigeria’s national cocoa transformation initiative
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) will be providing vital support to Nigeria’s cocoa transformation efforts, as the country embarks on doubling production of the crop in the next few years.
