The Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT), a project sponsored by the African Development Bank (AfDB), organized a four-day appraisal workshop at IITA headquarters from 14 to 17 June. The workshop focused on discussing the achievements of the project’s first phase and plans for the second phase. TAAT compact leaders, TAAT monitoring and evaluation team, and AfDB team attended the workshop. TAAT project is
Cassava, a major staple crop in Rwanda, is an essential source of calories and income for rural households. Besides household consumption, industrial production and processing have led to an environmental nightmare because of the volume of waste generated, particularly cassava peels. This represents a significant loss, with the cassava peels making up about 20% of tubers. A small cassava processing
The CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform, Women Engage for a Common Future (WECF), and Women Environment Programme (WEP) co-organized an official side event at the Bonn Climate Change Conference. The event themed: “High stakes, great urgency: Collecting evidence for gender-just and impactful climate policies,” took place on 14 June. It showcased actions from different stakeholders to advance the Gender Action Plan & national climate roadmaps. CGIAR GENDER
Since 19 July 2019, the USAID-funded Feed the Future Nigeria Integrated Agriculture Activity’s (IAA) major goals have been to improve food security, increase agricultural incomes, and improve resilience among smallholder farmers and their families in Adamawa and Borno states. Working in seven Local Government Areas of Adamawa State and five in Borno State, the Activity has reached about 60,000 smallholder
With an overall mission to assure food security in Africa, IITA constantly seeks agricultural solutions to overcome hunger and poverty in the region. Achieving this requires a constant drive to develop and transform technologies and practices to maximize crop yields. To ensure this, the Institute is partnering with Bayer to modernize its farm management and breeding operations across all projects and programs
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, cases and deaths were concentrated in large urban centers. However, with time, rural communities also began to bear a higher burden from the virus’ impact. As part of efforts to find possible solutions to these burdens, researchers from IITA and Cellule d’Analyses des Indicateurs de Développement (CAID) conducted an in-depth study in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), to
IITA and other Long-term EU-AU Research and Innovation Partnership for Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture (LEAP4FNSSA) project partners—the Association of Commonwealth University (ACU) and Greenwich University Natural Resource Institute, UK—conducted an impact and value-addition assessment study in Belgium, France, Germany, Kenya, and Uganda between June and July 2022. The study documented the impact of using research, science, and innovation generated by the
The State Secretary of the Ministry of International Development for Norway, Bjorg Sandkjaer, paid a working visit to the Accra office of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA, to engage with scientists and the team working on the Black Soldier Fly (BSF) project. The BSF project, funded by the government of Norway through the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), aims to provide