IITA, in collaboration with CIMMYT, has organized a one-week training course for field technicians, seed specialists of public institutions, and production managers of seed companies participating in the Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa (DTMA) project. This is in recognition…
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IITA Human Resources Service (HRS) has called on members of staff to maintain basic hygienic practices especially in washing hands with soap and water in the current alarm over the Ebola virus. This call was made on 5 August…
In the framework of the West Africa Agricultural Productivity Program (WAAPP), IITA organized farmers’ training and field days on high quality seed yam production at the Abuja Station, on 14 and 17 July. The first meeting was for extension…
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is supporting the inclusion of cassava flour in bread and other forms of confectionery as part of efforts to improve food security and the livelihoods of farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. This follows…
N2Africa has received a prestigious prize through the Harvesting Nutrition Contest, sponsored by the World Bank, which aimed at rewarding agricultural projects around the world that have bridged the gaps between nutrition, agriculture and food security. N2Africa was picked…
On 12 July 2014, an aeroponics research article entitled “Yam Propagation Using ‘Aeroponics’ Technology”, written by researchers working under the YIIFSWA project, was published in Sciencedomain International’s (SDI) Annual Research and Review in the Biology Journal. The article was…
The popular yam barn offices in the IITA-Ibadan campus have been refurbished, giving them the look, ambience and name expected of a building where good science grows. The new facility will now be known as the “IITA Root and…
IITA’s Genetic Resources Center (GRC) sponsored a 3-week training course at the National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS), Tsukuba, Japan, for Olubimpe Abiola Akinyemi, a research supervisor/ cryoBank officer. She was trained on the management of the cryogenic conservation…