Dr. Abdoulaye Tahirou examining maize cob with farmer in northern Nigeria.
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Farmer with harvested maize plants
Farmer with harvested, matured and dry maize plants, storing in a field.
Project chalks up significant progress to save maize from parasitic Striga in Kenya and Nigeria
Thousands of farmers in Kenya and Nigeria are successfully battling the invasion in their farms by Striga, a deadly parasitic weed also called “purple vampire”. They are now enjoying higher yields in maize, the number one staple in Kenya and an imp…
Women frying gari at Walihun cassava processing center
IITA Image Library posted a photo: Women frying gari at Walihun cassava processing center, Sierra Leone.
Aflasafe – a biological control agent against aflatoxin
IITA Image Library posted a photo: Staff packing aflasafe in containers to transport to Kano and Kaduna to control aflatoxin in maize and groundnut.