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…
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June 2015
Twenty-three participants from partner organizations benefited from a three-day Training of Trainers (ToT) workshop on the use and maintenance of mechanical weeders in cassava farms. The ToT, held on 25–27 May, was coordinated by the IITA-led Cassava Weeds Management…
Western Africa
‘AgKnowledge Innovation’ Process Share Fair: Better ways to share and learn – Better ways to work!
On 25 and 26 May, CGIAR centers and other organizations working in agriculture and rural development convened a Share Fair at the International Livestock Research Institute campus in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The event was driven by the desire to make sure that…
An elated Anne Roulin, Nestlé Vice President: Nutrition, Health & Wellness & Sustainability, has commended Dr Nteranya Sanginga, Director General of IITA, for his outstanding presentation during the conference Planting Seeds for the Future of Food in Switzerland on…
Some yam farmers are calling the minisett technology “magic” after they saw its performance in the field. Farmer-representatives from 40 villages in the six local government areas (LGA) of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) who attended a Training of…
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) office in IITA-Ibadan has established a demonstration unit that is converting waste to wealth by processing cassava peels into high-quality feeds for ruminants, poultry and pigs. On 22 May IITA Director General Nteranya…
IITA’s Human Resources Services (HRS) had conducted seminars for all staff on the Institute’s harassment and discrimination policy on 26 and 27 May at the IITA Conference Center in line with the CGIAR’s campaign on gender and diversity. The…
Western Africa
Cassava Monitoring Survey Project conducts 3-day training workshop for survey enumerators
The IITA Cassava Monitoring Survey (CMS) project, designed to study the adoption rate and diffusion patterns of improved cassava varieties in Nigeria, successfully conducted a training workshop in Ibadan on 20-22 May for the 60 enumerators on contract to…