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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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What would ensure the success of job creation in agribusiness in Africa?

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    Director General

    “Big brothers” come back to IITA for commercialization

    DG Sanginga welcoming his old friends. Reconnection and commercialization met on 1820 October when Dr Moctar Touré from Senegal, and Mr Birama Sidibé from Mali, long-time friends of IITA DG Nteranya…

    October 21, 2016
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    Director General

    DG Sanginga: I didn’t want to be a farmer…

    DG Sanginga In the July edition of the monthly E-Magazine of the World Farmers’ Organization F@rmletter, DG Nteranya Sanginga revealed that crude agricultural practices made the sector unattractive to him as…

    August 23, 2016
  • Picture of DG Nteranya Sanginga (left) is shown the recent research developments within IITA-Kano campus
    Director General

    DG Sanginga lauds IITA-Kano staff during visit

    DG Nteranya Sanginga (left) is shown the recent research developments within IITA-Kano campus. DG Nteranya Sanginga paid a courtesy visit to IITA Kano station on 27 July to monitor ongoing projects…

    August 9, 2016
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    Director General

    Sanginga to stay on as DG until 2021, IITA BoT confirms

    Through an email circulated to all IITA staff by Bruce Coulman, Chair of the IITA Board of Trustees (BoT), on 28 July, the IITA BoT has officially confirmed the acceptance of…

    August 5, 2016
  • Director General featured

    What would ensure the success of job creation in agribusiness in Africa?

    IITA Youth Agripreneurs using technology to enhance their work in the field. Last 23 May, I was invited as one of the speakers at the panel discussion on ‘Jobs for women…

    July 7, 2016
  • Picture of David Chikoye (right) giving DG Sanginga a tour of IITA SARAH’s main research and administration block
    Director General

    DG Sanginga visits new Southern Africa Hub Campus

    David Chikoye (right) giving DG Sanginga a tour of IITA SARAH’s main research and administration block On 24 May, IITA Director General Nteranya Sanginga was at the new Southern Africa Research…

    May 29, 2016
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    Director General

    Structural reforms underline IITA’s commitment to excellence

    DG Sanginga The Institute has announced a new organizational structure aimed at addressing longstanding operational deficiencies and providing a broader range of support within IITA and across projects. The changes were…

    May 20, 2016
  • Eastern Africa

    Changing fortunes of farmers and empowering women in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania through legumes

    While it is the number one cash crop for most farmers in Tanzania, maize is getting a serious run for its money from legumes such as beans, groundnut, and soybean which…

    April 8, 2016
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