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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food Systems
29.05.25Photo credit: Calf with trash; Vrindavan, India. Apercoco Since 1974, World Environment Day has mobi…
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Food Policy Priorities for A Changing World
28.05.25IFPRI’s 2025 Global Food Policy Report reflects on 50 years of progress and examines priorities…
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Gaza’s worsening food crisis and troubled path to reconstruction
27.05.25By Sara Gustafson and Rob Vos May 27, 2025 As the Israel-Hamas conflict rages on in…
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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
16.05.25-
Big data
On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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Empowering dryland communities through drought early warnings to enhance resilience
14.05.25Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that significantly imp…
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International Day for Biological Diversity 2025: Agrobiodiversity for People and Planet
13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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Tanzania’s traditional cooking banana yields more than expected!
28.02.20-
Food security
The yield potential of an important cooking banana in Tanzania, known as Mchare, has exceeded…
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Spraying locust swarm is ineffective – IITA entomologist
17.02.20-
Food security
As Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya battle huge swarms of desert locusts, great efforts are underway…
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Cavies are not rats! They’re a source of protein and income – study
13.02.20New research by scientists from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and Wagen…
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IITA partners with Cornell University and University of Ghana to train on Genome editing
12.02.20“History must not repeat itself” is the mantra behind the thinking and actions of development…
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Do not regulate genome-edited crops – IITA woman scientist
11.02.2011 February was the International Day for Women and Girls in Science. IITA joined the rest of…
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Aflasafe can reduce exposure to cancer-causing toxins and promote farmer access to premium markets
06.02.20-
Health
“If someone eats this maize, which may contain high aflatoxin levels, they may die and…
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The more crops farmers grow, the more food, nutrition and income secure they are – study
06.02.20-
Food security
It is common for smallholder farmers in Africa to grow multiple crops on their farms.…
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How IITA discovered the fall armyworm
31.01.20Isn’t it interesting how seemingly unrelated events in two countries can lead to the same…
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How the right planting season can boost cassava yields
27.01.20-
Food security
Every farmer wants high yields from their crop to get more income. But, do farmers…
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Decade-long trials prove efficacy of Nigeria’s aflatoxin biocontrol product
29.11.19-
Food security
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Health
An IITA-led partnership has honed aflatoxin biocontrol for sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) for over 15 year…
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IITA launches International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) 2020 at R4D Week
27.11.19With decades of research contributing to the improvement of plant health globally and across Africa…
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IITA Scientist elected to prestigious global science body
27.11.19Leena Tripathi, a Principal Scientist with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA…
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IITA joins other CGIAR centers to provide support to rebuild Somalia’s Agriculture sector
22.11.19IITA and eight other CGIAR centers have met with officials from the Government of Somalia and…
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IITA scientist highlights healthy diets at World Food Day seminar
22.11.19-
Food security
World Food Day (WFD) is celebrated annually on 16 October and dedicated to tackle hunger…
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"Pay attention to nematodes, they have adverse effects on African food security”, scientists warn
07.11.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Although the world has fully turned its attention to climate change and is continually looking…
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Modernizing NARS crop breeding programs for improved genetic gains in 14 countries
01.11.19-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A course designed to modernize National Agricultural Research System (NARS) breeding programs for im…
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IITA-Rwanda releases a digital application in the fight against bacterial wilt disease in bananas
17.10.19IITA-Rwanda, together with partners, has launched a digital Application which will serve more than 5…
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Cassava and Climate Change: Boosting the IQ of a Naturally Climate-Smart Crop
15.10.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Cassava is hardy root crop consumed by millions of people across Africa—but largely ignored by…
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