IITA with partners United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research in Burkina Faso (INERA) is convening a stakeholders’ conference aimed at increasing awareness of the hazards of aflatoxins, understanding the peculiarities of aflatoxin…
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Dr Nteranya Sanginga was in Japan 6-10 April where he met national and international partners and private sector representatives (see story on IITA Bulletin 2271). The photo shows Dr Sanginga in the meeting with private sector representatives. The Japanese…
Mrs Adama Yahaya, a PhD student in the Department of Biological Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Nigeria, is among the recipients of the 2014 Borlaug LEAP award. Her application, supported by IITA, will enable her to do PhD…
Two new projects on yam were launched recently: Community Action for Improving Farmer-saved Seed Yam (CAY-Seed) and Biophysical, institutional and economic drivers of sustainable soil use in yam systems for improved food security in West Africa (YAMSYS). CAY-Seed was…
The ninth session of West African Cocoa Breeders¹ Working Group (ACBWG) was held 9-10 March at the IITA Ikeja Guest House, Lagos, Nigeria. The meeting was attended by participants from CRIN, Nigeria; CRIG, Ghana; IRAD, Cameroon; CNRA, Cote d¹Ivoire;…
Members of the Alliance for Banana Bunchy Top Disease (BBTD) Control in Africa met at IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria, 9-14 March, to share progress made during the first year of pilot site implementation in eight countries in sub-Saharan Africa and…
The Yam Improvement for Income and Food Security in West Africa (YIIFSWA) project held its fourth annual progress review and planning meeting at the Golden Tulip Hotel, Kumasi, Ghana. Participants came from various collaborating partner institutions, including IITA, CSIR-CRI,…
An IITA project seeking to entice the educated youth to go into agriculture and agribusiness was established in Makueni County in Kenya, in collaboration with the University of Nairobi and Makueni County Government and officially launched on 10 March.…