I the week of 7 September,a two-person team from USAID and AGRA visited IITA–Kalambo station to learn more about the agricultural development activities going on there and to explore areas of…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Central Africa
R4D platform members in DRC, Rwanda, and Burundi meet to prepare for the coming crop season
Between 29 July and 4 August, members of the R4D platforms in DRC, Rwanda, and Burundi action sites organized planning meetings to determine the R4D activities they will implement in the…
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Dr Nteranya Sanginga, IITA’s Director General, was in Burundi for a 3-day visit, 18-20 August, to strengthen collaboration with the Burundi Government and also to meet partners in the Institut…
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Central Africa
IITA holds forum with village chiefs and farmers to promote cassava production in Zambia’s Eastern Province
On 14 July, IITA and partners working under the project Mitigating Cassava Disease Threats for Improved Cassava Production held a community-level forum with the traditional village heads and cassava growers from…