News Overview

The IITA Director for Eastern Africa hub and Biotechnology Leader, Leena Tripathi, has been appointed to the Alliance for Science (AfS) advisory board. AfS is a global science communication network that advocates for science-based solutions to critical issues, such as farmer access to improved technologies and agriculture’s environmental footprint reduction. The network also champions climate crisis mitigation, poverty reduction, food security and nutrition improvement,

The Order of Preachers (OP), an order of Catholic priests also called Dominicans, paid a courtesy visit to IITA Headquarters on 1 February to discuss areas of collaboration between IITA and the Order. The OP was founded in 1816 by Saint Dominic de Guzman, and its impact on people’s livelihood has grown over the years. Reverend Father Francis Chiadi, OP Chairman, Senate

For more than five decades, IITA has collaborated with organizations and governments to help attain the Institute’s goals of combating food insecurity and reducing malnutrition and rural poverty. Continuing in this vein, the Bangladesh High Commissioner to Nigeria, His Excellency Mr Rahman Masudur, accompanied by his spouse, Mrs Dilmatara Masudur, visited IITA Headquarters on 2 February. The visit aimed to explore collaboration

The USAID-funded Feed the Future Nigeria Integrated Agriculture Activity in Yola, Adamawa State, on 25 January, officially kicked off the 2021 dry season farming. The commencement was commemorated with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the IITA Nigeria Integrated Agriculture Activity (IITA-NIAA) and Fadhila Crop Science Ltd (FCSL). With the MoU, 200 rice farmers will access seeds and other

During his extended visit to the IITA headquarters in Ibadan, Special Envoy to the Democratic Republic of Congo President, Pacifique Kahasha Birindwa, visited IITA’s Goodwill Ambassador and former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta, Ogun State, as part of his itinerary.  IITA Director General, Dr Nteranya Sanginga, accompanied the Special Envoy, who explained that his visit was partly to raise awareness and

IITA has taken another step in implementing a circular economy within the Institute by launching two biogas installations for power generation and waste management. The IITA Youth in Sustainable Waste Eco-Recycling Program (IITA Y-SWEP), under the supervision of Deputy Head of Facility Management Services Martins Akeredolu, on 19 January inaugurated the Anaerobic Digestion Biogas Installations on the IITA campus in Ibadan,

The IITA Director for Eastern Africa hub and Biotechnology Leader, Leena Tripathi, has been appointed to the Alliance for Science (AfS) advisory board. AfS is a global science communication network that advocates for science-based solutions to critical issues, such as farmer access to improved technologies and agriculture’s environmental footprint reduction. The network also champions climate crisis mitigation, poverty reduction, food security and nutrition improvement,

The Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) awarded a grant to the IITA Forest Center, Ibadan, to enrich its Tree Heritage Park (THP) with rare and threatened native trees in 2022. According to the donor, “The BGCI Global Botanic Garden Fund is disbursed to eligible small botanic gardens in developing countries and biodiversity hotspots, that are committed to conserving different plant