Proactive Investors USA & CanadaFeronia completes largest single rice planting in CongoProactive Investors USA & CanadaFeronia said it cleared 2000 hectares of land to plant two varieties of rice – NERICA-4 and NERICA-7 – on 1200 hectares. The operation was full mechanized, using John Deere and Massey Ferguson tractors, it
Archive for November, 2011
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 …
African initiative to take leadership of research on key crops
An African initiative backed by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research aims to put the continent in the driving seat of research agenda on key crops.