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The journey to change Community-Based Seed Producers (CBSPs) to Community-Based Seed Entrepreneurs (…

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IITA-CGIAR research reveals areas to improve Africa’s nutrition

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Many Africans are malnourished, micronutrient deficient, associated with diet-related non-communicab…

Engaging aggregators and farmers to deliver quality grain for consumer and seed markets

CGIAR Initiative on Gender Equality

IITA, under the One CGIAR Seed Equal initiative Work Package 2, “Boosting Legume Seed through …

Cross-sectoral learnings on emerging gender and social norms measures

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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Gender equality
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

As part of the Harnessing Gender and Social Equality for Resilience in Agrifood Systems (HER+)…

Gender scientists trained to leverage social media for better science communication

26.06.23

Despite the tremendous volume of work scientists carry out across Africa to address food insecurity…

Ademola Ajayi, Field Supervisor, IITA Forest Center, educating the science students of Community High School, PADE, on various ways to beat plastic waste

IITA Forest Center nurturing secondary school students to become environment advocates

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

26.06.23

Every 5 June, World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated to sensitize and propose practical actions…

TARI banana program lead, Mpoki Shimwela inspecting new Mchare hybrids at IITA fields at NMAIST

IITA and partners announce first Fusarium wilt-resistant Mchare cooking banana in Tanzania

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

26.06.23

To address the threat of Fusarium Wilt (FW) to banana production in Tanzania, IITA–CGIAR and c…

Partners at the recently held Round Table on Fertilizer and Soil Health, organized by the World Bank in Lomé, Togo.

CGIAR, IFDC, and APNI agree to complement institutional interests

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

With the increasing interest in developing and delivering Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM…

Integrated plant health management: A pathway to food security

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Numerous challenges across the African continent threaten the race to achieve food security. Top on…

The facilitator Gregory Nwaoliwe explaining the modified method of making cassava products to the participants.

IITA nutrition team reveals ways to address unhealthy diets with HQCF

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Over time, the fast-paced eating pattern adopted by the world’s population has resulted in unhealt…

Chief of Party (NIAA), Prakash Kant Silwal and the Director-General (NASC) during the signing.

IITA, NASC sign MoU on seed development in Northeast Nigeria

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

IITA–CGIAR and Nigeria’s National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC) have signed a Memorandum of …

Sefa Veronica, Zero Hunger trainee and teacher at Wajina International School with her product.

Agripreneurs emerge in Benue State after Zero Hunger value-addition training

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

A group of women and youth in Benue State are using the knowledge gained on…

Breeding program teams in breakout sessions on using the UQ costing tool to cost their breeding programs

Researchers to enhance breeding programs through proper costing technique

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Over the years, breeders have faced the challenge of either undervaluing or overvaluing breeding pro…

Rare White-faced Whistling duck in a flock of normal-colored Whistling ducks.

Rare white-faced whistling duck spotted in IITA’s forest reserve

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The IITA Forest Center is renowned for utilizing forest resources for conservation, research, edu…

Zero Hunger team with the EAs trained on varietal identification.

Increased varietal identification capacity among extension officers to boost zero hunger achievement in Benue

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Varietal identification is a precursor to scaling improved cassava seed to smallholder farmers throu…

Cross section of panelists during the EiA side event.

EiA: Scaling climate-resilient and resource efficient farming systems in Africa