Emile Frison launches a collaboration to mainstream biodiversity conservation and sustainable use for improved human nutrition and wellbeing. This partnership…
Archive for April, 2012
The impact of organic bananas in Alto Beni, Bolivia
Poor farmers in the Alto Beni region of Bolivia continue to enjoy improved livelihoods thanks to a project on organic…
IITA gets US$7 million approval for commercial products (COMPRO) project
IITA has received approval of about US$7 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for the implementation of the second phase of the Commercial Products (COMPRO-II) project, says IITA Director General Nteranya Sanginga.
IITA gets US$7m approval for commercial products (COMPRO) project
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has received approval of about US$7m from the Bill &Melinda Gates Foundation for the implementation of the second phase of the Commercial Products (COMPRO-II) project, says IITA Director General Nteranya Sanginga today.
Drought-and-flood- tolerant rice
The Daily Star–We have learnt from a news report that Department of Agricultural Extension has taken a scheme to distribute 450 tonnes of seeds of high-yielding drought-tolerant rice named Nerica among farmers in 30 districts for sowing in 18,500…