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IITA and Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI), through the Muhogo Bora (Better Cassava) program, recently organized an intensive training for extension officers, district agricultural officers, and regional agricultural advisors working in the Western Zone of Tanzania. The training is part of efforts to support the development and expansion of seed systems in the cassava subsector. The five-day-long training was held from 14 to 18 March

Scientists and communication specialists from various Kenyan organizations participated in a four-day training workshop to improve gene editing communication. Thirty-five participants graduated from the workshop and received certificates. Participants, all of whom are from Kenya, included scientists conducting gene editing research, science writers, representatives from academia, MSc and PhD students in biotechnology and breeding, and a representative of a farmers’ consortium. The

His Excellency, Prof. Mohammed Belhocine, the Commissioner for Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation at the African Union Commission (AUC), Addis Ababa, visited IITA Headquarters on 5 April. He was accompanied by the Pan African University Institute of Life and Earth Sciences Ibadan (PAULESI) staff and other dignitaries. The purpose of the visit was to discuss partnership opportunities with the Institute’s management team and meet

Six interesting takeaways from the recent NEXUS Gains Ganges Basin Inception Workshop in Kathmandu. The post Exploring the water, energy, food, and ecosystems nexus in the Ganges Basin first appeared on International Water Management Institute (IWMI).

A new Research Initiative from CGIAR, which aims to re-imagine and co-create nature-positive food systems, launches this week in Kenya. It is part of a Portfolio that will deliver a new 10-year strategy to transform food, land, and water systems in a climate crisis. In this article, learn more about the purpose of this collaborative research. Nature-positive approaches benefit people

Breeders and breeding operations staff across Africa are amping up their skills and solving shared problems with colleagues across crops and countries. It’s all part of a series of CGIAR Excellence in Breeding (EiB) workshops, in partnership with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA).  The workshops titled “Breeding Scheme Design Using Quantitiative Genetics” and “Africa Breeding Operations” have run twice, targeting crop breeders

With an estimated annual research portfolio of more than USD 900 million, CGIAR aims to reduce rural poverty, improve food security, human health and nutrition, and improve the sustainable management of natural resources. Undergoing an ambitious structural reform, a reformulated One CGIAR will address new challenges in international agricultural research while keeping up with emerging crises. Under this ambit, monitoring, evaluation

The rapid evolution of global food safety systems in response to population growth, urbanization, climate change and other socio-economic factors poses many food safety challenges. Globally, unsafe food causes an estimated 600 million illnesses and 420,000 deaths annually, with Africa disproportionately bearing the highest burden of foodborne diseases. To effectively tackle the challenge of foodborne diseases in Africa, a team