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…
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Scientists implementing activities on landscape and watershed management in the IITA-led Africa RISING projects recently took part in a cross-learning visit to the Ethiopian highlands. The visit took place on 19…
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Key stakeholders drawn from agricultural research and regulatory bodies of pesticides have lauded the efforts made so far by IITA and partners in developing a natural, safe, and cost-effective biological control…
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Southern Africa
IITA holds aflatoxin awareness and Aflasafe stakeholder consultative workshop in Zambia
Last 28 April, about 90 representatives from various sectors of society engaged in the area of food and crop safety and health converged at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Lusaka, Zambia,…
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Every season, farmers assume the responsibility for providing food for the world’s population. They do this amid various challenges related to pests and diseases, soil infertility, low yield, drought, lack of…