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Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) is a project being implemented 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

The TerraFund for AFR100 has awarded the IITA Forest Center another grant to reforest 300 hectares of degraded forest reserve in Olokemeji, Ogun State, in western Nigeria. The Forest Center is gaining increased recognition for its efforts and expertise in implementing holistic reforestation solutions to the world’s dwindling forest cover. The TerraFund for AFR100, managed by One Tree Planted, Realize Impact, and the

As part of IITA’s activities in ensuring good collaboration with partners, Kenton Dashiell, IITA Deputy Director General, Partnerships for Delivery and his team visited the National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT) on 19 May. The visit aimed to strengthen collaboration with the Institute. The Executive Director, NIHORT, Dr Lawal Attanda, appreciated IITA’s team for the visit. He mentioned that NIHORT has been putting

The Interconnections for Making Africa Great Empowered and Sustainable (IMAGES) Initiative, in collaboration with Africa Circular Economy Research and Policy Network (ACERPiN), organized a week-long Circularity Africa Conference in May 2022 themed “Paradoxes of Natural Resources in Africa”. Members of this initiative and network, a group of sustainable development enthusiasts from all walks of life, took the opportunity to explore different sustainable approaches to minimize

IITA seeks to carry out cutting-edge gender research in agriculture. During a seminar on 13 May, to understand the progress of gender research in IITA and its impact in Africa, Senior Scientist and Gender Specialist Steven Cole presented “The Contribution of Gender Research at IITA to African Rural Development.” Leena Tripathi, Director of IITA East Africa Hub, moderated the seminar. In her introductory remarks,

IITA and the Ogun Ministry of Agriculture met recently to discuss a #digital agriculture project that involves co-creating a digital agricultural information system platform, registering about 100,000 smallholder farmers, and undertaking a baseline survey among farmers. An IITA delegation from the Digital Delivery Working Group led by Lava Kumar, Head of the Germplasm Health Unit & Virology and co-lead of the Working Group, with Alfred Dixon, Director

IITA recently launched a project on reducing postharvest losses across the Vitamin A cassava (VAC) and Vitamin A maize (VAM) value chains. The project, being implemented in partnership with HarvestPlus and Harvestfield, was launched virtually across Anambra, Cross River, Imo, Kaduna, Kano, Niger Osun, and Oyo states in Nigeria. The project aims to improve the adoption of postharvest loss reduction practices

Climate change affects the environment extensively in socioeconomic and related sectors, including agriculture and food and nutritional security for the growing global population. To address this urgent need, Africa needs to adopt sustainable intensification of agriculture to close the yield gap in staple crops, where tools, including biotechnology and traditional approaches, are recommended for crop improvement. The recent study titled “Genome