The Black Soldier Fly (BSF) technology is a project sponsored by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation NORAD) and aims at providing protein meals for smallholder chicken, fish and pig producers and organic fertilizer for smallholder vegetable farmers…
The Black Soldier Fly (BSF) technology is a project sponsored by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation NORAD) and aims at providing protein meals for smallholder chicken, fish and pig producers and organic fertilizer for smallholder vegetable farmers…
The project’s overall objective is to improve the livelihoods of smallholder chicken, fish, pig, and vegetable producers and other value chain actors and contribute to improved urban sanitation and mitigate climate change. In addition to that, the project…
A ten-year partnership led by CIMMYT and IITA tackles climate-induced risks in maize production, developing and deploying new climate-adaptive varieties benefiting over 8 million households in sub-Saharan Africa. The food security and livelihoods of smallholder farming families in sub-Saharan…
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), lead implementer of the Yam Improvement for Income and Food Security in West Africa Phase Two (YIIFSWA-II), organized and hosted the project’s third annual review and planning meeting from 25 to 28…
The global agriculture coalition Farming First and the CGIAR have joined forces to highlight the powerful impact that investments in science and innovation can make on global development. A new interactive essay compiled by the partnership demonstrates how these…
Aflatoxins and their impact on health and how to control them were one of the topics of a panel discussion at The Future of Food: The Nexus of Food and Health summit co-hosted by the global affairs magazine Diplomatic…
Four IITA scientists, Drs Norbert Maroya, Djana Mignouna, Victor Manyong, and Thomas Wobill, joined 64 other partners from different research institutions, NGOs, universities, USAID, and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation at the Swissôtel Nai Lert Park, Bangkok, Thailand, 26–28…