Organization/Unit: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

IITA R4D Review 3rd Edition out now and live online!

The 3rd Edition of the R4D Review, IITA's biennial magazine on tropical agriculture, is online and hot off the press. This issue focuses on biocontrol, an area where IITA has had numerous successes and impact.

Topics covered include:

• Unraveling the diversity
• Biocontrol at IITA
• Save African bananas!
• Hope for cabbage farmers
• Safeguarding against locusts
• Recipe for African farmlands
• Saving the environment
• The witch menace
• Allies in nature
• The cassava scourge

IITA launched the R4D Review in 2008 to serve as a platform for exchanging and sharing knowledge to develop solutions to the complex problems that plague agricultural systems in Africa.

The online R4D Review aims to stimulate dialogue with partners, investors, beneficiaries, and other stakeholders, to help accelerate the development, dissemination, and continuous improvement of innovative solutions. The site provides an interactive and collaborative environment to share views, ideas, and innovations.

Click here to go the R4D Review Web site.

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For more information, please contact:

Katherine Lopez, k.lopez@cgiar.org
Communication & Publishing Manager/
Acting Head of Communication
Communication Office
IITA-Headquarters
Ibadan, Nigeria

URL: www.iita.org

About IITA
Africa has complex problems that plague agriculture and people's lives. We develop agricultural solutions with our partners to tackle hunger and poverty. Our award winning research for development (R4D) is based on focused, authoritative thinking anchored on the development needs of sub-Saharan Africa. We work with partners in Africa and beyond to reduce producer and consumer risks, enhance crop quality and productivity, and generate wealth from agriculture. IITA is an international non-profit R4D organization since 1967, governed by a Board of Trustees, and supported primarily by the CGIAR.