1. BRIEF BACKGROUND The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is a not-for-profit institution that generates agricultural innovations to address Africa’s most pressing challenges, including hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and natural…
The end of the year is marked by celebrations, a time to reconnect and celebrate with family members and loved ones. While we express gratitude and celebrate with family and loved…
On 1 December 2025, IITA-CGIAR hosted the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Soybean Green Field Day at its campus in Namulonge, Kampala, Uganda, bringing together over 100 stakeholders to showcase…
In a stride to promote the adoption of the new sustainable agriculture practice, the BBEST project-led by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) exhibited the BSF products at the…
In a stride to promote the adoption of the new sustainable agriculture practice, the BBEST project-led by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) exhibited the BSF products at the…
For most of her life, Heritage Ajolo kept her dream a secret. When her classmates at Our Lady of Fatima Academy asked what she wanted to become, the SS2 student hesitated…
Agriculture production in Liberia faced a major challenge, i.e., limited access to high-quality seeds of important African food crops, including soybeans. Most farmers relied on informal seed networks for the…
The International Tropical Agriculture Institute (IITA) participated in the Made in DRC Expo and the Kinshasa Economic Forum at the Pullman Hotel in Kinshasa to promote these different technologies, in…