Although maize and beans are part of the major staples most consumed by many households for livelihood in several districts of the South Kivu province, their production has been hampered over…
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Central Africa UncategorizedRwanda: What are farmers saying about AID-I GLR’s package of agricultural innovations?
In Rwanda, AID-I GLR focuses on empowering farmers by exposing them to new and improved seed varieties, good agronomic practices and complementary agricultural services and advisories through partnerships with private-sector actors,…
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Central Africa Eastern AfricaOur scorecard: Two years on, what has the AID-I GLR project accomplished?
More partnerships, direct demand of technologies and practices by scaling organizations, increased knowledge, targets exceeded on women and youth, among other targets. Over the past two years (2022–2024), the Great Lakes…
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Central Africa Eastern Africa Southern Africa Western AfricaUniting Minds for Africa’s Agricultural Future: IITA Planning Week 2024
As IITA gears up to host over 200 scientists from diverse disciplines at the headquarters in Ibadan, Nigeria, for its annual Planning Week today, looking at the need for such gatherings…
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Contributed by Moureen Awori and George Mahuku. Introduction Bananas (and plantain) are staple foods and an income source for millions of households in Uganda, with over 70% produced and consumed as…
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About 80 percent of the world’s food is produced by small-scale farming. Women make up 43 percent of the agricultural labor force in developing countries. They are the majority in some…
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Western AfricaIITA and NRCRI execute maiden monitoring and inspection of tricot on-farm cassava trials with the National Variety Release Committee in Nigeria
We have prepared a two-part blog explaining the “tricot” method and detailing the approach for on-farm testing for variety release (Part 1) and featuring the monitoring and inspection part with partners…
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Western AfricaJoint cassava IITA-NRCRI breeding team use the tricot approach for on-farm testing for variety release
We have prepared a two-part blog explaining the “tricot” method and detailing the approach for on-farm testing for variety release (Part 1) and featuring the monitoring and inspection part with partners…