Hi pests and diseases, it’s your nasty cousin Fusarium. I’ve got an update for you from banana fields and scientists’ labs in Arusha, Tanzania. Its rather mixed news, I am afraid,…
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Central AfricaCelebrating IITA50 in Rwanda: How collaboration between CGIAR and scaling partners can make science work for farmers
Authors: Mariette McCampbell, Marc Schut and Emmanuel Njukwe IITA Rwanda took the International Scientific Conference organized by University of Rwanda between 14-16 June 2017 as an opportunity to showcase its research…
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By Nsimire Mireille The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in partnership with Institute of Agricultural Science of Burundi (ISABU) and Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB) have launched a new project titled…
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The Scaling-up Improved Legumes Technology (SILT) project partners held a workshop to conceive manuscripts in the content of SILT, to develop guidelines for selection of effective dissemination approaches of SILT and…
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The African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) team met in Ibadan, Nigeria on 24 and 25 April 2017 to discuss approaches, tools and strategies that can support scaling in ACAI. The…
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DG Sanginga welcoming his old friends. Reconnection and commercialization met on 1820 October when Dr Moctar Touré from Senegal, and Mr Birama Sidibé from Mali, long-time friends of IITA DG Nteranya…
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DG Sanginga In the July edition of the monthly E-Magazine of the World Farmers’ Organization F@rmletter, DG Nteranya Sanginga revealed that crude agricultural practices made the sector unattractive to him as…
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DG Nteranya Sanginga (left) is shown the recent research developments within IITA-Kano campus. DG Nteranya Sanginga paid a courtesy visit to IITA Kano station on 27 July to monitor ongoing projects…