IITA’s Greg Ogbe demonstrates how to apply aflasafe on groundnuts. IITA recently trained its staff, partners, and farmers in Kongwa District, Tanzania, on how to control aflatoxin using Aflasafe, an effective…
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Atser, presenting the findings of the extension study in China. A study on the training needs assessment of extension agents in Nigeria has revealed several gaps and constraints that have limited…
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Agricultural investors from Poland have indicated interest in partnering with IITA to help in improving Nigeria’s agricultural development. This was announced during the visit of a three-person team of Polish investors…
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Chrys Akem reiterates the importance of promoting soybean at the workshop. The IITA/SARD-SC maize system soybean production enhancement planning workshop was held 1-4 February in Abuja to promote soybean cultivation and…
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The First World Congress on Root and Tuber Crops held in Nanning, China, highlighted the enormous amount of work being done by the research community on these important crops. The World Congress…
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Eastern AfricaIITA supports Tanzania, Malawi, and Mozambique in developing Aflasafe to reduce aflatoxin contamination
Team at IITA Tanzania preparing the Aflasafe in the laboratory. IITA has produced and dispatched over 10 tons of experimental biological control products (Aflasafe), which will be tested in field trials…
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IITA Forest Reserve. Reporting on the strategies employed in rehabilitating and conserving four rainforests in Benin and southwestern Nigeria, Deni Bown, Head, IITA Forest Unit; Peter Neuenschwander, IITA Benin; and partners…
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Western AfricaIITA-Benin hosts training workshop for the sustainable conservation of endangered primates of Benin and Togo
A big male red-belly holds court and protects his female and young, who sit in the trees above the well and look back at the trainees. A workshop was organized at…