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New disease-resistant cassava varieties introduced in Rwanda

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Rwandans benefit from IITA Women’s Group scholarship for the first time

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Lessons from 21 years of breeding Eastern Africa‘s popular cooking bananas

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Researchers develop a new way to describe plantain diversity in DRC

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IITA and partners conduct first proteomic investigation in plantain and banana

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Women’s group in DRC press for economic change

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Participatory land use planning is seen as key to ensuring sustainable land use in Lushoto, Tanzania.

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  • Simeon Ehui and Benard Vanlauwe with delegates who were part of the investing soil health panel at the Africa Food Systems Forum in Kigali.
    Director General Western Africa

    Transforming Soil Health in West Africa: A New Fertilizer and Soil Health Hub Takes Root in West Africa

    by Simeon Ehui, Director General, IITA and Regional Director, Africa, CGIAR and Bernard Vanlauwe, Deputy Director General, Research for Development, IITA and Lead, Excellence in Agronomy, CGIAR West Africa and the…

    September 13, 2024
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    Agripreneurs and youth trained on the BSF technology to adopt sustainable agricultural practices in Niger.

      Agripreneurs and youth trained on the BSF technology to adopt sustainable agricultural practices in Niger. To empower agripreneurs, youth and women to adopt a sustainable agriculture practice in Niger, the…

    August 6, 2024
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    Promoting the use BSF technology among farmers, a step towards a sustainable agriculture practice.

    In their stride to promote a sustainable agriculture practice among farmers, University of Kinshasa (UNIKIN), a partner of the BSF for Bio Circular Economy and Environmental Sustainability (BBEST) led by the…

    July 29, 2024
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    DRC: INERA, IITA and stakeholders hold workshop towards the validation of the standard for the BSF products.

      As part of the BSF for Bio-Circular Economy and Environmental Sustainability (BBEST) project activities, led by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and funded by the Norwegian Agency for…

    July 19, 2024
  • Eastern Africa

    For farmers, seeing is believing, and peer-to-peer is peerless: Village-Based Advisor approach working wonders

    In Burundi, the concept of Farmer Promoters was previously unknown, but it is no longer novel, thanks to the Kugwiza Project -the name by which the AID-I GLR Project is known…

    July 3, 2024
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    Youth-led revolution in DR Congo’s vegetable seed and farming

    Vegetable farming in the South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is essential for food security and income. Vegetables are vital in the local diet, providing essential nutrition.…

    July 3, 2024
  • Eastern Africa

    Enhancing soil health in Rwanda: What’s lime got to do with it?

    Rwanda’s farmers have long struggled to obtain quality lime to improve their soil for better crop productivity. The most common lime available was unprocessed, requiring large quantities – of between 2.5…

    July 3, 2024
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    The Minister of Livestock and Agriculture explored the Production of the BSF at INRAN Maradi.

      The Minister of Agriculture and Livestock in Niger El Hadji Mahamane Ousmane paid an official courtesy visit to the regional headquarter of Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger…

    June 3, 2024
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