About 11 farmers and representatives of farmers’ cooperatives from Lagos and Ogun States, Nigeria, working with the Human and Environmental Development Agenda Resource Centre (HEDA), visited IITA Ibadan last week and interacted with researchers and discussed potential areas of…
Monthly Archives
August 2014
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…
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…
Central Africa
DG Sanginga meets with DR Congo President Kabila, partnerships for profitable agribusiness to be developed
The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), His Excellency Joseph Kabila Kabange and Dr. Nteranya Sanginga, IITA’s Director General met last Tuesday at the opening of the Bukanga Lonzo agribusiness park to exchange ideas on the role…
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…
Madame Olive Lembe Kabila, the First Lady of the Democratic Republic of Congo, paid a visit to the IITA-Kalambo Station on 7 July. She was accompanied by her children, the South Kivu Governor, and top government officials. Dr. Chris…
IITA has again successfully launched a new science facility―this time at its station in Kalambo, by the shores of Lake Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The facility, which has wellequipped laboratories and a crop processing center,…