A new project that will develop new varieties of yam and enhance its breeding capabilities and partnerships in the West Africa region will soon be launched. Smallholder farmers in the main yam-growing areas of West Africa will benefit from…
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In view of the low productivity of maize in Ghana, the SARD-SC maize project in April, adopted the Participatory Research and Extension Approach (PREA) on innovation platforms to foster interaction among stakeholders and problem diagnosis and in accelerating the…
The IITA Forest Reserve covers over 300 ha of the Ibadan campus, and is a center of biodiversity, representing a great variety of flora and fauna which are typical of the West African rainforests. Many of the trees and…
Western Africa
IITA’s Youth Agripreneurs convene a 3-week intensive training for the youth in Borno State
The IITA Youth Agripreneurs (IYA) have convened a 3-week intensive agricultural training for selected young people from Borno State. Areas of focus cover on-field sessions on fish farming and production, processing and marketing of maize, cowpea, soybean, millet, groundnut,…
Western Africa
Financial Management Capacity Building: meeting held for SARD-SC accountants and others
To facilitate smoother fund management and easy financial reporting of the four commodities (maize, rice, wheat, and cassava) under the SARD-SC project, a 3-day session on financial management was held for accountants, some commodity specialists, monitoring and evaluation specialists,…
The battle to control weeds on cassava farms received support from Nigerian engineers who are joining forces with experts from IITA to seek sustainable solutions to the menace. The team of engineers, drawn from academia, IITA, and the public…
IITA is working with local, regional, and international partners to strengthen its cocoa improvement program. In June this year, the germplasm of 14 elite parental clones was acquired from the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN). These are clones…
IITA Youth Agripreneurs have concluded plans to train and empower young people from Borno State, northeastern Nigeria. The proposed 3-week training, scheduled in early September, will equip them with knowledge about modern agricultural practices and entrepreneurial skills that would…