Should the rest of the world have unlimited, free, and unrestricted access to findings from our research through the Internet? What would be the implications for IITA and its science? The debate has lingered on for a very long…
Monthly Archives
August 2015
Eastern Africa
From research plots to farmers’ fields: Africa RISING – NAFAKA project partners plan scaling up of improved crop varieties
Partners implementing activities under the Africa RISING – NAFAKA scaling project held their first annual review and planning meeting 8-10 July, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, where they discussed effective ways of scaling up improved crop varieties to Tanzania’s smallholder farmers. The…
Yam plantlets at the aeroponics screen house are growing at an exponential rate after being exposed to sunlight! Also, vines pruned from the aeroponics system and planted into soil are producing shoots within 2 weeks. This is good news…
Last month, IITA Director General Nteranya Sanginga, led a delegation to the German embassy in Uganda where he requested the German Government’s support in promoting IITA’s work. This visit followed the launching of the Uganda Youth Agripreneurs (UYA) scheme.…
Western Africa
IFAD representative visits IITA to review activities of the ongoing HQCF value chain project
Nearly eighteen months ago, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) launched the IITA-led High Quality Cassava Flour (HQCF) value chain project which aims at improving the livelihoods and food security of sub-Saharan African farmers. Dr Ndavi Malu, IFAD’s Senior…
The newly appointed Executive Director of the Economic Social Research Forum (ESRF), one of the leading policy think tanks in Tanzania, recently visited IITA at its East Africa Hub in Dar es Salaam, to explore ways that the two…
Managing complex partnerships to deliver innovative integrated solutions to help smallholder farmers to increase their production and move out of hunger and poverty has not been as trouble-free as a walk in the park. It has been challenging with…
Her Excellency Pirjo Suomela-Chowdhury, Ambassador of Finland to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, accompanied by Ms Emmi Mwanzagi, Deputy Head of Mission, paid a courtesy visit to IITA on 9 July. They were received by Dr Kenton Dashiell, DDG…