Some beneficiaries of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)-funded Zero Hunger Project in Nigeria’s Ogun State have commended IITA for empowering them through training on wet hammer mill fabrication. This technology empowers cassava processors and feed millers to maximize the cassava processing value chain. The training, held in Odeda Local Government Area at the Oye Steel Global Construction company, lasted five
IITA Tanzania, researchers, farmers, and agricultural stakeholders in Coastal and Dar es Salaam regions convened at Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI) Kibaha campus for a farmer field day event organized by TARI Kibaha in May. The campus was in a festive mood with different exhibitions for more than 100 attendees. The farmers were introduced to IITA agricultural innovations, including the Plant
The IITA-developed aflatoxin biocontrol technology, Aflasafe, has won the Best Innovative Research Project at the World BioProtection Awards 2022. The dry spore innovation, one of the Institute’s technologies for solving the problem of aflatoxin contamination in crops such as maize, soybean, and groundnut, won the award in a category shortlisting 38 finalists from 32 different organizations. With the generic name Aflasafe, the
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire – 21 June 2022 – A new Regional Integrated Initiative in West and Central Africa entitled ‘Transforming Agrifood Systems in West and Central Africa’(TAFS-WCA) that focuses on nutritious, safe, climate-adapted and market-driven food systems is being unveiled at the Stakeholders Engagement and Launch Workshop in West Africa, 21-22 June 2022, in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The TAFS-WCA is
This global research and development effort will help increase the productivity of mixed farming systems for more food, nutrition, and income security The new CGIAR Initiative on Sustainable Intensification of Mixed Farming Systems (SI-MFS) was launched at an inception meeting held at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from May 31 to June 2, 2022. The three-year
On 14 June, Dr Adeola Odedina, Commissioner for the Ministry of Agriculture, Ogun State, Nigeria, accompanied by the ARISE Integrated Industrial Platform (Arise IIP) Vice President, Suren Abeywickrema, and the OgunInvest group visited IITA headquarters. The visit aimed to secure expert support for some crops, including cassava, maize, soybean, and their value chains for local, regional, and export markets. Director of IITA Development and
A forest fire, probably from neighboring garbage and weed burning, burned down a section of the IITA Forest Reserve in February 2021. Though the IITA Security Unit and the forest night rangers curtailed the fire, many trees suffered severe damage. The IITA Forest Center, therefore, called on the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) to donate seedlings to replant the burnt area—a
IITA and partners organized a seed fair from 10 to 18 May at Kano Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (KNARDA) Headquarters and KNARDA Zonal offices in Kano metropolis, Northern Nigeria. The fair provided farmers with quality seeds of market-preferred, improved major crop varieties and other agricultural inputs such as fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, animal feed, and small-scale machinery at affordable prices from