IITA organized a talk on 29 May at its Eastern Africa hub in Dar es Salaam on healthy soils, healthy plants, healthy planet, for grade 6 and 7 students from nearby schools to mark two important events, the International…
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Multi-stakeholder partnership launched to support soybean sector development in Tanzania
An innovation platform was launched last week in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The platform brings together all the stakeholders along the soybean value chain from farmers to government and nongovernmental organizations and the private sector to address the challenges…
Scientists implementing activities on landscape and watershed management in the IITA-led Africa RISING projects recently took part in a cross-learning visit to the Ethiopian highlands. The visit took place on 19 to 24 April and was organized by the…
Key stakeholders drawn from agricultural research and regulatory bodies of pesticides have lauded the efforts made so far by IITA and partners in developing a natural, safe, and cost-effective biological control product to contain aflatoxin―the deadly cancer-causing chemical in…
There is a high demand for vegetables in the island of Zanzibar, known for its sandy beaches and historic Stone Town, but the local farmers are unable to effectively tap into this lucrative tourist market despite the fertile soils…
Three years after starting its activities, the IITA banana breeding team based in Arusha-Tanzania has planted its first banana hybrids for field evaluation. While this is a major milestone for the program, it also underscores the complexity and slow…
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Scientists and development partners spot agronomy as a remedy for Africa’s cassava production problem …as they prepare a new initiative on cassava agronomy
IITA scientists, in collaboration with national partner institutes and development partners, are gathering to define which agronomic practices could narrow the cassava yield gap and how these can be scaled up to many farmers in Nigeria, Tanzania, Ghana, and…
Do you know that high night temperatures affect our morning coffee? Evidence that climate change is already having an impact on the Arabica coffee sector in the East African Highlands region is shown by a study called “Coffea arabica…