The GenderUp methodology revolutionizes agricultural innovations and how they should be scaled toward achieving societal outcomes for all. Developed in collaboration with CGIAR, Wageningen University and Research, and the University of California, Davis, this discussion-based method supports innovation teams to scale…
Southern Africa
Uniting Minds for Africa’s Agricultural Future: IITA Planning Week 2024
As IITA gears up to host over 200 scientists from diverse disciplines at the headquarters in Ibadan, Nigeria, for its annual Planning Week today, looking at the need for such gatherings to advance agricultural research is imperative. This flagship…
More than 200,000 hectares of land were negatively affected by cyclone Freddy in Malawi in the 2022/23 season.…
European Union delegation visits on-farm and on-station field experiments in Malawi under the DeSIRA project
The EU-DeSIRA Malawi team comprising Program Manager Marco Vacirca and Finance Manager Chapresto Cortes Maria visited on-farm trials at Mulanje and Salima and on-station at Chitala Research Station from 6 to 9 March. The CGIAR centers showcasing their trials…
Nine CGIAR centers come together to deliver agronomic solutions at scale
On 7 September 2020, CGIAR centers, supported by the Big Data Platform, launched the Excellence in Agronomy 2030 (EiA 2030) initiative during the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) virtual summit. In his opening remarks, Dr Martin Kropff, Director General…
The labor-intensive activities undertaken by African farmers in the production and postharvest processing of cassava justify mechanization. Impressed by IITA’s work on cassava, senior managers from AGCO International GmbH visited IITA-Zambia on 29 May to propose a partnership to…
IITA holds aflatoxin awareness and Aflasafe stakeholder consultative workshop in Zambia
Last 28 April, about 90 representatives from various sectors of society engaged in the area of food and crop safety and health converged at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Lusaka, Zambia, for a consultative workshop on aflatoxin awareness and…
IITA Board meets in Zambia; deliberates on strengthening institute in midst of CGIAR crises
From 4 to 6 May, the IITA Board of Trustees (BoT) as well as members of the Institute’s Management and Directorate were in the picturesque town of Livingstone in southern Zambia for the first of their two annual meetings…