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A world without healthy soil is a world in which little grows. Yet, for those who live in the roughly 25 to 40 per cent of the Earth’s surface that is degraded, this is what the future could hold. Healthy soil stands at the centre of all our pressing global challenges and will be crucial in achieving the aims of the UN Decade

Reeyor Food and Beverage Processing Machines and Gelgoog Intelligent Technology Company Limited partnered with IITA’s Business Incubation Platform (BIP) to launch the showroom of agricultural processing machines on 11 November, at IITA Headquarters. The partnership aims to involve IITA in the co-construction of the machines and create awareness for processors on their usefulness in Nigeria and sub-Saharan African. In addition, the event showcased

In line with IITA’s goal of transforming Africa’s Agriculture, the International Association of Research Scholars and Fellows (IARSAF) of IITA organized a three-day annual symposium to discuss agricultural research to achieve sustainable food security across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The 2021 symposium held on 2–4 November was themed: “Exploiting Science, Technology, and Innovations for Building a Sustainable Agricultural Transformation in Africa.” Mary Emeraghi,

The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) has announced IITA amongst the Growth Grand finalists to be awarded $100,000 for its project on integrating Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) as bio-inoculants to boost banana production in the East African Highlands. The announcement was published in a press release on the IFT website. The award is part of the Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge—an initiative seeking to inspire

“It was not easy to identify BXW symptoms on a banana plant. We confused it with fusarium wilt or any other banana disease that shows similar symptoms like wilting of leaves and rotting,” says Etienne Hakizimana, a Farmer Promoter from Rusizi District, Western Province. Hakizimana is one of the Scaling Champions, working with the ICT4BXW project to scale digital tools

While enough food is produced to feed everyone 1.5 times over, poor diets continue to hold the world back from reaching its full potential. The Covid-19 pandemic has set back the fight yet further. This year’s Nutrition for Growth Summit, held in Tokyo this week, provided a platform from which to accelerate global progress towards ending malnutrition. The Summit was arguably

BY EUGENIO DÍAZ-BONILLA Article 2 of the Paris Climate Agreement sets out the principal goals of the pact, including holding the increase in the global average temperature below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and increasing adaptability and resilience. It also establishes the additional purpose of “making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development.” It is not