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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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    Digital tools Western Africa

    Enhancing agricultural research with FAO’s AGRIS and AGROVOC programs: A conversation with IITA knowledge management team

    Source: ICARDA In a recent series of conversations with CGIAR Knowledge Management teams, Sara Jani and Valentina De Col from ICARDA interviewed members of IITA’s knowledge management team, Olayemi Oluwasoga, Open…

    September 18, 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • Eastern Africa

    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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    Better farming, better health and nutrition: Partners collaborate to deliver technologies for improved nutrition to smallholder farmers

    To contribute to enhance the nutritional aspects of smallholder farmers in Rwanda, AID-I GLR has leveraged an existing nutritional program implemented by Catholic Relief Service (CRS)…

    March 27, 2024
  • Small packs of Bean seeds designed with information on seed characteristiccs
    Eastern Africa

    Size matters in seeding success: Small packs drive market penetration for improved seed

    Seed systems in the Great Lakes Region are still at the nascent stage, characterized by diversity in actors, and in production and distribution models.…

    March 27, 2024
  • Central Africa

    Why gender equality and social inclusion matter for AID-I GLR in scaling agricultural innovations

    At the heart of the Feed the Future/USAID Great Lakes Accelerated Innovation Delivery Initiative Rapid Delivery Hub (AID-I GLR), efforts continue to amplify the impact of agricultural innovations and technologies. However,…

    March 8, 2024
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