http://www.cgiar.org A Global Agricultural Research Partnership Sun, 02 Dec 2012 21:31:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.iita.org/2012-press-releases/-/asset_publisher/CxA7/content/seeds-of-hope-for-flooded-regions-of-nigeria?redirect=/2012-press-releases#.ULXPlYbl8fU http://www.iita.org/2012-press-releases/-/asset_publisher/CxA7/content/seeds-of-hope-for-flooded-regions-of-nigeria?redirect=/2012-press-releases#.ULXPlYbl8fU#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2012 08:47:25 +0000 IITA http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=409277 Areas hit by massive floods in Bayelsa region of Nigeria will benefit from seeds conserved in the genebank of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), as the Institute plans to assist farmers rebuild their livelihoods with new improv...]]> http://www.iita.org/2012-press-releases/-/asset_publisher/CxA7/content/seeds-of-hope-for-flooded-regions-of-nigeria?redirect=%2F2012-press-releases#.ULXPlYbl8fU/feed/ 0 http://www.iita.org/irs-asset?p_p_id=101_INSTANCE_Im2L&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_pos=2&p_p_col_count=3&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_struts_action=/asset_publisher/view_content&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_urlTitle=project-coordinator-ref:-ddg-r4d-pc-11-12&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_type=content&redirect=/careers http://www.iita.org/irs-asset?p_p_id=101_INSTANCE_Im2L&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_pos=2&p_p_col_count=3&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_struts_action=/asset_publisher/view_content&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_urlTitle=project-coordinator-ref:-ddg-r4d-pc-11-12&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_type=content&redirect=/careers#comments Tue, 27 Nov 2012 12:48:47 +0000 IITA http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=407968 http://www.iita.org/irs-asset?p_p_id=101_INSTANCE_Im2L&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_pos=2&p_p_col_count=3&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_struts_action=%2Fasset_publisher%2Fview_content&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_urlTitle=project-coordinator-ref%3A-ddg-r4d-pc-11-12&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_type=content&redirect=%2Fcareers/feed/ 0 http://www.iita.org/irs-asset?p_p_id=101_INSTANCE_Im2L&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_pos=2&p_p_col_count=3&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_struts_action=/asset_publisher/view_content&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_urlTitle=integrated-soil-management-advisor-ref:-ddg-r4d-isma-11-12&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_type=content&redirect=/careers http://www.iita.org/irs-asset?p_p_id=101_INSTANCE_Im2L&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_pos=2&p_p_col_count=3&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_struts_action=/asset_publisher/view_content&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_urlTitle=integrated-soil-management-advisor-ref:-ddg-r4d-isma-11-12&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_type=content&redirect=/careers#comments Tue, 27 Nov 2012 12:47:16 +0000 IITA http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=407966 http://www.iita.org/irs-asset?p_p_id=101_INSTANCE_Im2L&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_pos=2&p_p_col_count=3&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_struts_action=%2Fasset_publisher%2Fview_content&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_urlTitle=integrated-soil-management-advisor-ref%3A-ddg-r4d-isma-11-12&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_type=content&redirect=%2Fcareers/feed/ 0 http://www.iita.org/2012-press-releases/-/asset_publisher/CxA7/content/poor-farm-families-in-the-humid-tropics-to-boost-income-from-improved-agric-production-systems?redirect=/2012-press-releases#.UK3jTIbl8fU http://www.iita.org/2012-press-releases/-/asset_publisher/CxA7/content/poor-farm-families-in-the-humid-tropics-to-boost-income-from-improved-agric-production-systems?redirect=/2012-press-releases#.UK3jTIbl8fU#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2012 08:32:43 +0000 IITA http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=399754 Humidtropics, a major new research-for-development program launched today, aims at increasing average farm income by 50% with 25% of poor households lifted above the poverty line in the humid tropics in the next 15 years. Research leading to production...]]> http://www.iita.org/2012-press-releases/-/asset_publisher/CxA7/content/poor-farm-families-in-the-humid-tropics-to-boost-income-from-improved-agric-production-systems?redirect=%2F2012-press-releases#.UK3jTIbl8fU/feed/ 0 http://www.iita.org/2012-press-releases/-/asset_publisher/CxA7/content/tanzania-gates-foundation-and-partners-launch-3-new-initiatives-to-tackle-deadly-cassava-disease?redirect=/2012-press-releases http://www.iita.org/2012-press-releases/-/asset_publisher/CxA7/content/tanzania-gates-foundation-and-partners-launch-3-new-initiatives-to-tackle-deadly-cassava-disease?redirect=/2012-press-releases#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 07:55:11 +0000 IITA http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=393933 Tanzania’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives (MAFC) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have launched three new projects today to support efforts to develop cassava varieties with resistance to Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD) and Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD)…]]> http://www.iita.org/2012-press-releases/-/asset_publisher/CxA7/content/tanzania-gates-foundation-and-partners-launch-3-new-initiatives-to-tackle-deadly-cassava-disease?redirect=%2F2012-press-releases/feed/ 0 http://www.iita.org/2012-press-releases/-/asset_publisher/CxA7/content/iita-proffers-recipe-to-food-insecurity?redirect=/2012-press-releases http://www.iita.org/2012-press-releases/-/asset_publisher/CxA7/content/iita-proffers-recipe-to-food-insecurity?redirect=/2012-press-releases#comments Fri, 26 Oct 2012 08:43:13 +0000 IITA http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=393926 Food security in Africa will remain elusive with isolated successes, fueling a sense of false optimism in an otherwise dismal situation unless decisive actions are taken to assist small-scale farmers to grow more and more valuable crops, according to t...]]> http://www.iita.org/2012-press-releases/-/asset_publisher/CxA7/content/iita-proffers-recipe-to-food-insecurity?redirect=%2F2012-press-releases/feed/ 0 http://www.iita.org/2012-press-releases/-/asset_publisher/CxA7/content/iita-chief-wants-efforts-redoubled-to-save-africa?redirect=/2012-press-releases#.UHvS-4bLkfU http://www.iita.org/2012-press-releases/-/asset_publisher/CxA7/content/iita-chief-wants-efforts-redoubled-to-save-africa?redirect=/2012-press-releases#.UHvS-4bLkfU#comments Sat, 13 Oct 2012 09:10:04 +0000 IITA http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=356526 As nations across the globe prepare to mark another World Food Day on 16 October, the Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr Nteranya Sanginga, has called on world leaders and other stakeholders to redouble e...]]> http://www.iita.org/2012-press-releases/-/asset_publisher/CxA7/content/iita-chief-wants-efforts-redoubled-to-save-africa?redirect=%2F2012-press-releases#.UHvS-4bLkfU/feed/ 0 http://www.iita.org/2012-press-releases/-/asset_publisher/CxA7/content/cameroon-and-iita-to-step-up-efforts-to-improve-the-fortunes-of-farmers?redirect=/2012-press-releases http://www.iita.org/2012-press-releases/-/asset_publisher/CxA7/content/cameroon-and-iita-to-step-up-efforts-to-improve-the-fortunes-of-farmers?redirect=/2012-press-releases#comments Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:12:48 +0000 IITA http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=334214 Cameroon and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) have agreed to join forces more than ever before to improve agriculture, create wealth and reduce poverty in both rural and urban areas. ]]> http://www.iita.org/2012-press-releases/-/asset_publisher/CxA7/content/cameroon-and-iita-to-step-up-efforts-to-improve-the-fortunes-of-farmers?redirect=%2F2012-press-releases/feed/ 0 http://www.iita.org/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=0faa81b7-5a79-4f37-ba30-43b6c8296396&groupId=25357 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http://www.iita.org/2012-press-releases/-/asset_publisher/CxA7/content/iita-and-jigawa-state-sign-agreement-to-accelerate-agricultural-development?redirect=%2F2012-press-releases/feed/ 0 http://www.iita.org/2012-press-releases/-/asset_publisher/CxA7/content/cameroon-releases-iita-improved-cassava-varieties-to-boost-food-security?redirect=/2012-press-releases#.UFGhwVHLkfU http://www.iita.org/2012-press-releases/-/asset_publisher/CxA7/content/cameroon-releases-iita-improved-cassava-varieties-to-boost-food-security?redirect=/2012-press-releases#.UFGhwVHLkfU#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2012 09:04:52 +0000 IITA http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=317407 The Cameroonian government has released five new improved cassava varieties to help improve the food security of millions of people in the country. The varieties which were developed through conventional breeding by the International Institute of Tropi...]]> http://www.iita.org/2012-press-releases/-/asset_publisher/CxA7/content/cameroon-releases-iita-improved-cassava-varieties-to-boost-food-security?redirect=%2F2012-press-releases#.UFGhwVHLkfU/feed/ 0 http://www.iita.org/2012-press-releases/-/asset_publisher/CxA7/content/iita-top-brass-meet-in-east-africa-hub-deliberate-on-institutional-strategies?redirect=/2012-press-releases http://www.iita.org/2012-press-releases/-/asset_publisher/CxA7/content/iita-top-brass-meet-in-east-africa-hub-deliberate-on-institutional-strategies?redirect=/2012-press-releases#comments Sat, 08 Sep 2012 09:04:11 +0000 IITA http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=317400 The institute’s top management team were in Dar es Salaam this week for a three-day retreat during which they mulled over the implementation of the institute’s revamped 10-year strategy and resource mobilization efforts, among other issues. ]]> http://www.iita.org/2012-press-releases/-/asset_publisher/CxA7/content/iita-top-brass-meet-in-east-africa-hub-deliberate-on-institutional-strategies?redirect=%2F2012-press-releases/feed/ 0 http://www.iita.org/irs-asset?p_p_id=101_INSTANCE_Im2L&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_pos=2&p_p_col_count=4&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_struts_action=/asset_publisher/view_content&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_urlTitle=head-of-communication-ref:-ddg-r4d-hc-09-12&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_type=content&redirect=/careers http://www.iita.org/irs-asset?p_p_id=101_INSTANCE_Im2L&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_pos=2&p_p_col_count=4&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_struts_action=/asset_publisher/view_content&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_urlTitle=head-of-communication-ref:-ddg-r4d-hc-09-12&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_type=content&redirect=/careers#comments Wed, 05 Sep 2012 08:03:57 +0000 IITA http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=325615 http://www.iita.org/irs-asset?p_p_id=101_INSTANCE_Im2L&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_pos=2&p_p_col_count=4&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_struts_action=%2Fasset_publisher%2Fview_content&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_urlTitle=head-of-communication-ref%3A-ddg-r4d-hc-09-12&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_type=content&redirect=%2Fcareers/feed/ 0 http://www.iita.org/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=0e694385-299e-4ff3-8365-87efa83bc488&groupId=25357 http://www.iita.org/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=0e694385-299e-4ff3-8365-87efa83bc488&groupId=25357#comments Wed, 05 Sep 2012 08:00:20 +0000 IITA http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=329260 http://www.iita.org/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=0e694385-299e-4ff3-8365-87efa83bc488&groupId=25357/feed/ 0 http://www.iita.org/2012-press-releases/-/asset_publisher/CxA7/content/africa-rising-ghana-hosts-us-senate-usaid-monitoring-team?redirect=/2012-press-releases http://www.iita.org/2012-press-releases/-/asset_publisher/CxA7/content/africa-rising-ghana-hosts-us-senate-usaid-monitoring-team?redirect=/2012-press-releases#comments Mon, 03 Sep 2012 09:26:44 +0000 IITA http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=301649 As part of their mission to monitor bilateral and multilateral food security programs in northern Ghana, Janet Stormes, Professional Staff of the US Senate Appropriations Committee, and Dorothy Rayburn of the Bureau of Legislative Affairs, US Departmen...]]> http://www.iita.org/2012-press-releases/-/asset_publisher/CxA7/content/africa-rising-ghana-hosts-us-senate-usaid-monitoring-team?redirect=%2F2012-press-releases/feed/ 0 http://www.iita.org/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=d6e809c9-77d5-4aca-bcf8-07a49bbbc273&groupId=25357 http://www.iita.org/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=d6e809c9-77d5-4aca-bcf8-07a49bbbc273&groupId=25357#comments Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:40:43 +0000 IITA http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=298656 Field trials are very important in maize research. In particular, breeders conduct different types of field trials in the process of developing new varieties. Each type of trial has its peculiarities. Apart from those conducted by the individual breede...]]> http://www.iita.org/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=d6e809c9-77d5-4aca-bcf8-07a49bbbc273&groupId=25357/feed/ 0 http://www.iita.org/irs-asset?p_p_id=101_INSTANCE_Im2L&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_pos=2&p_p_col_count=4&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_struts_action=/asset_publisher/view_content&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_urlTitle=cassava-agronomist-ref:-ddg-r4d-ca-08-12&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_type=content&redirect=/careers http://www.iita.org/irs-asset?p_p_id=101_INSTANCE_Im2L&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_pos=2&p_p_col_count=4&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_struts_action=/asset_publisher/view_content&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_urlTitle=cassava-agronomist-ref:-ddg-r4d-ca-08-12&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_type=content&redirect=/careers#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:57:54 +0000 IITA http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=325613 http://www.iita.org/irs-asset?p_p_id=101_INSTANCE_Im2L&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_pos=2&p_p_col_count=4&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_struts_action=%2Fasset_publisher%2Fview_content&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_urlTitle=cassava-agronomist-ref%3A-ddg-r4d-ca-08-12&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_type=content&redirect=%2Fcareers/feed/ 0 http://www.iita.org/irs-asset?p_p_id=101_INSTANCE_Im2L&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_pos=2&p_p_col_count=4&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_struts_action=/asset_publisher/view_content&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_urlTitle=research-for-development-advisor-to-slari-ref:-ddg-r4d-a-slari-08-12&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_type=content&redirect=/careers http://www.iita.org/irs-asset?p_p_id=101_INSTANCE_Im2L&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_pos=2&p_p_col_count=4&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_struts_action=/asset_publisher/view_content&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_urlTitle=research-for-development-advisor-to-slari-ref:-ddg-r4d-a-slari-08-12&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_type=content&redirect=/careers#comments Fri, 24 Aug 2012 08:10:53 +0000 IITA http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=293830 http://www.iita.org/irs-asset?p_p_id=101_INSTANCE_Im2L&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_pos=2&p_p_col_count=4&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_struts_action=%2Fasset_publisher%2Fview_content&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_urlTitle=research-for-development-advisor-to-slari-ref%3A-ddg-r4d-a-slari-08-12&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_type=content&redirect=%2Fcareers/feed/ 0 http://www.iita.org/2012-press-releases/-/asset_publisher/CxA7/content/investment-in-agric-r4d-is-key-to-youth-empowerment-and-economic-growth-in-africa-says-ifad-boss?redirect=/2012-press-releases http://www.iita.org/2012-press-releases/-/asset_publisher/CxA7/content/investment-in-agric-r4d-is-key-to-youth-empowerment-and-economic-growth-in-africa-says-ifad-boss?redirect=/2012-press-releases#comments Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:23:15 +0000 IITA http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=289947 Increasing investments in agricultural research for development (R4D) could bring the much-awaited agricultural transformation to Africa and help address the rising wave of youth unemployment and its attendant poverty, according to the President of the...]]> http://www.iita.org/2012-press-releases/-/asset_publisher/CxA7/content/investment-in-agric-r4d-is-key-to-youth-empowerment-and-economic-growth-in-africa-says-ifad-boss?redirect=%2F2012-press-releases/feed/ 0 http://www.iita.org/irs-asset?p_p_id=101_INSTANCE_Im2L&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_pos=2&p_p_col_count=3&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_struts_action=/asset_publisher/view_content&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_urlTitle=banana-breeder-ref:-ddg-r4d-bb-08-12&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_type=content&redirect=/careers http://www.iita.org/irs-asset?p_p_id=101_INSTANCE_Im2L&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_pos=2&p_p_col_count=3&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_struts_action=/asset_publisher/view_content&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_urlTitle=banana-breeder-ref:-ddg-r4d-bb-08-12&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_type=content&redirect=/careers#comments Mon, 13 Aug 2012 10:57:40 +0000 IITA http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=277702 http://www.iita.org/irs-asset?p_p_id=101_INSTANCE_Im2L&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_pos=2&p_p_col_count=3&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_struts_action=%2Fasset_publisher%2Fview_content&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_urlTitle=banana-breeder-ref%3A-ddg-r4d-bb-08-12&_101_INSTANCE_Im2L_type=content&redirect=%2Fcareers/feed/ 0