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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The cracked, barren fields in Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Namibia are not just scars on the land—they are warnings. Across Africa, millions of people stand on the brink of hunger as relentless droughts…