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Western Africa

Researchers successfully grow “seed yams in the air”

    Researchers at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) have successfully grown seed yams in the air using aeroponics technology, raising hopes and more options for the propagation of virus- and disease-free planting materials. In preliminary trials,…

Western Africa

Workshop on ISFM held in Ibadan

More than 30 researchers converged on the Conference Center of IITA Ibadan campus for a 3-day conference tagged: “Supporting soil health  consortia in West Africa: facilitating wider uptake of better adapted Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM) practices with visible …

Western Africa

Beneficiaries commend IITA-AGRA training course

Beneficiaries of the AGRA-IITA training course on good laboratory practices and laboratory information management systems have commended the two institutions for building their capacities, saying that the training they received was helping to make them more efficient. During a…

Western Africa

West Africa region

West Africa region Posted on October 7, 2013 The West Africa Hub made significant progress during 2012 in the implementation of research-for-development (R4D) projects with a broad range of partners working towards the achievement of our principal objectives: Sustainable…