Africa needs to rethink its food import burden and consider ‘local content’ options, such as the inclusion of cassava flour in wheat to reduce the rising import bills, says the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture’s Ambassador, Former …
Archive for January, 2012
Turning prisoners to yam farmers
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…
Crop-livestock systems in West Africa: Update on past work
‘Crop-livestock systems in West Africa: Update on past work’, slide presentation made by ILRI director of planning Shirley Tarawali at ILRI Addis Ababa in Jan 2012.
Mechanization: essential for rice production and processing
If farmers want to intensify their cropping and potentially half post-harvest losses then mechanization is critical.
Mécanisation : essentielle à la production et à la transformation de riz
La mécanisation est essentielle à la production et à la transformation de riz. Si les producteurs souhaitent intensifier leur production, ils doivent accélérer les opérations réalisées manuellement et à forte main-d’oeuvre. Par exemple, lors…