In Ghana, the world’s second largest exporter of cocoa, a significant impact on smallholder farming in the cocoa belt has been projected from the trend in climate change and variability. To…
Western Africa
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On 30 April, Lauren Good, the new Senior Program Officer from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation overseeing YIIFSWA, visited with the project implementers at IITA-Headquarters in Ibadan. Dr Good spent…
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Dr David Bergvinson, Director General of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid-Tropics (ICRISAT), visited IITA Kano station on 28 April to discuss further the prospects of scaling out improved…
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On Thursday, 30 April, Dr Howarth Bouis, Director of HarvestPlus, visited Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The meeting brought together national and international partners working in the field of food…
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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…
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Western Africa
IITA Cassava Weed Management Project holds Annual Review & Work Planning Meeting in Ibadan
Researchers, policymakers, and farmers working under the Cassava Weed Management Project met at IITA, Ibadan, 29-30 April, to review achievements made by the project in 2014 and to plan for 2015.…
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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…
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Southern Africa
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…