Yogurt, one of the dairy products from commercially domesticated mammals, is regarded as a nutritionally balanced food, containing all the nutrients in milk, and is readily available in its take-in form. Yogurt has therapeutic properties and is an excellent source of highly nutritious protein, energy, milk fat, unfermented lactose, and vitamins. Yogurt is made with various ingredients, including milk, proteins,
ENABLE-TAAT continues to impact the youth agribusiness ecosystem in Tanzania, leading to increased youth employment in the sector. Elisha Otaigo, a 32-year-old MSc Environmental Economics graduate, partnered with his three university classmates to start NovFeed TZ, a company that produces affordable fish feed using black flies. Otaigo and his partners have created employment for four youth to manage activities through
The recently-appointed IITA Abuja Station Head, Professor Lateef Sanni, on 7 February, signed a reviewed MoU between IITA and the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on behalf of Deputy Director-General, Partnerships for Delivery, Kenton Dashiell. The 62-hectare facility on which the IITA Abuja Station is situated was initiated in 1985 by the Kennedy Family as part of US-based Citizens Energy Corporation’s corporate social responsibility.
IITA scientists, in partnership with more than 55 other CGIAR researchers and partners, have published a book that highlights over 30 years of history and wealth of gender knowledge. The IITA team contributed to four out of ten chapters of the book—chapters 2, 4, 9, and 10. The book “Advancing Gender Equality through Agricultural and Environmental Research: Past, Present, and Future” was launched
The newly-appointed IITA Abuja Station Head, Professor Lateef Sanni, on 3 January paid a courtesy call on Mallam Abubakar Ibrahim, the Secretary of the Agriculture and Rural Development Services, Abuja, in his office at the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) secretariat. Highlighting the objectives of the visit, Sanni informed the FCTA Secretary that he was there, first to introduce himself as the
The Innovative Youth in Agriculture (I-Youth) project, implemented by IITA in partnership with Mastercard Foundation Young Africa Works, is extending agribusiness training to secondary school students in Kano, Kaduna, and Lagos states. I-Youth, through the Start Them Early Program (STEP) component of the project, over the last 18 months, devised several approaches towards attracting students to participate in various activities
These findings of research led by the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and North Carolina State University, USA, working with various partners, have been published recently in Nature Sustainability (Paper link: https://rdcu.be/cHVSg). (Addition links: article in Science; short video) “Initially, we aimed to understand whether the ‘wrap and plant’ technology can help to improve the delivery and
Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) is a project being implement in Africa to help deliver a climate-smart African future driven by science and innovation in agriculture. It is led by the Alliance of Bioversity International and Centre for International Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and supported by a grant from the International Development Association (IDA) of the World