On 25 and 26 May, CGIAR centers and other organizations working in agriculture and rural development convened a Share Fair at the International Livestock Research Institute campus in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The event was…
Western Africa
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An elated Anne Roulin, Nestlé Vice President: Nutrition, Health & Wellness & Sustainability, has commended Dr Nteranya Sanginga, Director General of IITA, for his outstanding presentation during the conference Planting Seeds…
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Some yam farmers are calling the minisett technology “magic” after they saw its performance in the field. Farmer-representatives from 40 villages in the six local government areas (LGA) of the Federal…
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The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) office in IITA-Ibadan has established a demonstration unit that is converting waste to wealth by processing cassava peels into high-quality feeds for ruminants, poultry and…
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IITA’s Human Resources Services (HRS) had conducted seminars for all staff on the Institute’s harassment and discrimination policy on 26 and 27 May at the IITA Conference Center in line with…
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Western Africa
Cassava Monitoring Survey Project conducts 3-day training workshop for survey enumerators
The IITA Cassava Monitoring Survey (CMS) project, designed to study the adoption rate and diffusion patterns of improved cassava varieties in Nigeria, successfully conducted a training workshop in Ibadan on 20-22…
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Eighteen trainees drawn from various sectors in Nigeria, DR Congo, Ghana, Malawi, and Rwanda have successfully completed a training course on Geographical Information System (GIS) in Ibadan conducted by the IITA Geo-Spatial…
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Eastern Africa
Multi-stakeholder partnership launched to support soybean sector development in Tanzania
An innovation platform was launched last week in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The platform brings together all the stakeholders along the soybean value chain from farmers to government and nongovernmental organizations…