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The TAAT Cassava Compact, in partnership with the Togo Presidential Initiative on Cassava and the …

Zero Hunger Project team with Extension Agents in Benue State, VCDP team and Staff of the Ministry of Agriculture.

Zero Hunger Project trains extension workers as engine room for Benue State agricultural transformation

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IITA, in partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)-funded Value Ch…

IITA Gender Specialist Dr Steven Cole sharing the purpose and agenda of the meeting with the team.

IITA Gender Network plans better strategies to promote gender research in One CGIAR

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The IITA Gender Science Network (GSN) is a team that comprises social and biophysical scientists, …

Determinants influencing youth engagement in agribusiness

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

With agribusiness gaining more attention in entrepreneurship development, youth-operated small enter…

Cassava Farmer, Marcos Antonio Dalevedove; Country Sales Manager, Bayer Nigeria Limited, Temitope Banjo; IITA Director for Development and Delivery, Dr Alfred Dixon; Nigeria Cassava Growers Association representative, Simeon Adetunji during the launch of Lagon for weed control in Cassava in Ibadan.

Bayer develops herbicides for cassava to tackle weeds and raise yields

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Bayer has developed and launched a new crop protection product known as Lagon to help…

Jonathan Mutinda and Ian Mambo (second and third from right) with youth mentees in Kenya.

ENABLE-TAAT Kenya beneficiaries hail life-transforming experience

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After a training and mentorship period of 15 months, ENABLE-TAAT beneficiaries Jonathan Mutinda and …

IITA-Zero Hunger Project organizes GAP and data management training for Ogun State extension agents

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The Ogun State Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr Adeola Odedina, represented by the Permanent Secreta…

Participants view some of the coffee in the demonstration control where no practices were applied.

More coffee, more cash—improved livelihoods for Bakyabumba farmers

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Despite the heavy-laden coffee trees in Fred Salongo Kigongo’s coffee garden, the income from the…

Tackling the Fall Armyworm in Northern Nigeria

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Better alignment to the needs and priorities of African countries, demand-driven partnerships to usi…

Reverend Fr. Francis Chiadi highlighting IITA’s stakeholder role to the University.

University of Nigeria Alumni Association seeks to strengthen collaboration with IITA

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

On 20 August, the University of Nigeria (UNN) Alumni Association visited the IITA headquarters to…

Youth engagement in agriculture can alleviate poverty and unemployment.

Agribusiness engagement key to poverty reduction among youth

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

With the increasing unemployment rate among youth in Nigeria, development stakeholders believe that …

ACAI Agronomist Abubakari Mzanda speaking with visitors at the exhibition.

Importance of AKILIMO tools demonstrated at Sabasaba exhibition in Tanzania

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

The African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) project scientists demonstrated the use of AKILIMO t…

The Acting British High Commissioner and her team visiting the Germplasm Health, Virology and Diagnostics Unit

Acting British High Commissioner visits IITA Ibadan

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The Acting British High Commissioner, Her Excellency, Ms Gill Atkinson, and her team visited IITA�…

CGIAR spells out priority interventions to accelerate uptake of research to rebuild and strengthen Africa’s agriculture in the face of climate change

02.10.21

Better alignment to the needs and priorities of African countries, demand-driven partnerships to usi…

DG receives prestigious award for championing youth in agriculture programs

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

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The Association of Deans of Agriculture in Nigeria Universities (ADAN) has honored IITA Director G…

The award recipients (L-R) Oluwabunmi Deborah Ajamu, Odunayo Elizabeth Akinfala, Olateju Oyelami, and Samuel Alaohuo.

IITA GHU staff awarded Crop Trust’s outstanding Genebank Team (GHU Category) 2021

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Crop Trust and the CGIAR Genebank Platform have recognized four staff from the IITA Germplasm He…

High yielding NARITA compared to its parents.

NARITA hybrids cross borders for farmers’ evaluation in Kenya

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In improving banana production in East Africa countries, researchers are multiplying and testing for…

Assistant Director, President’s Office, praises IITA research in Tanzania