News Overview

From 24 to 25 August, IITA in partnership with INERA, the Yangambi Faculty of Agricultural Sciences Institute, the WAVE program, Food and Agriculture Organization, with the financial support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USAID, and the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) organized an advocacy workshop on operationalizing the national cassava disease response plan in DRC. The workshop aimed to

Agriculture is one of Africa’s most important economic activities, providing employment opportunities and contributing to the average GDP for exported produce. Moreover, African agriculture generates income and enhances food production to meet rapidly growing population demands. IITA, in partnership with two other CGIAR centers, the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and Bioversity International, had been implementing the Consortium for

On 15 September, the Business Incubation Platform (BIP) of IITA hosted the official launch of the “Insects4Feed Impact Cluster” project at the Institute’s Conference Center. The Government of The Netherlands awarded the project to Nigeria, and IITA BIP is one of the implementing partners together with the University of Ibadan (UI), New Generation for Nutrition (NGN), etc. The project seeks to raise

CGIAR participated in the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) 2021 themed: Science and Innovation for Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems in Africa through a side event organized by Africa-based CGIAR centers led by IITA. The side event, held on 6 September, had the theme “Pathways to recovery and resilient food systems.” The session introduced One CGIAR and its Africa research, innovation

Ibadan, Nigeria — The Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Enitan Adeyeye, Ojaja II, will confer the title of Aare Afurugbin Ola of the Source (Lead Sower of Wealth and Prosperity of the House Oduduwa) on the Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr Nteranya Sanginga. Dr Sanginga is also the Regional Director of CGIAR, a global partnership

One of the vast benefits of the IITA forest reserve is the diversity of creatures the forest supports and protects from poaching and extinction. The IITA Forest Center carries out biodiversity monitoring, tree propagation, and other environmental protection activities. The Forest Center staff observe and record plant phenology and animals during occasional walks and regular scientific data collection. During one of the recent biodiversity

A Special Seats Member of Parliament, Hon. Neema Lungangira, visited IITA at its Eastern Africa regional headquarters in Dar es salaam, Tanzania, on 26 September, at the invitation of Leena Tripathi, the Eastern Africa Hub Director. The Honorable MP was received by Tripathi and senior members of IITA staff and Amos Omore, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) representative for Eastern and Southern

The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved two radio licenses for IITA—an Internet radio license and a community radio broadcast license for Radio IITA in the past three months. The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) disclosed the approval of the community radio license in a press release from the NBC Director-General Balarabe Shehu Ilelah. Radio IITA received the license to operate