Do you know that high night temperatures affect our morning coffee? Evidence that climate change is already having an impact on the Arabica coffee sector in the East African Highlands region is shown by a study called “Coffea arabica…
Monthly Archives
May 2015
Eastern Africa Southern Africa
Africa RISING ESA external review team praise research; call for improved efforts to ensure adoption of technologies
The IITA-commissioned external review of Africa RISING East and Southern Africa project concluded on 16 March after nearly 5 weeks of literature review, project stakeholder interviews, and field visits to project sites in Tanzania and Malawi. While presenting their…
Mrs Adama Yahaya, a PhD student in the Department of Biological Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Nigeria, is among the recipients of the 2014 Borlaug LEAP award. Her application, supported by IITA, will enable her to do PhD…
Two new projects on yam were launched recently: Community Action for Improving Farmer-saved Seed Yam (CAY-Seed) and Biophysical, institutional and economic drivers of sustainable soil use in yam systems for improved food security in West Africa (YAMSYS). CAY-Seed was…
The ninth session of West African Cocoa Breeders¹ Working Group (ACBWG) was held 9-10 March at the IITA Ikeja Guest House, Lagos, Nigeria. The meeting was attended by participants from CRIN, Nigeria; CRIG, Ghana; IRAD, Cameroon; CNRA, Cote d¹Ivoire;…
Members of the Alliance for Banana Bunchy Top Disease (BBTD) Control in Africa met at IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria, 9-14 March, to share progress made during the first year of pilot site implementation in eight countries in sub-Saharan Africa and…
The Yam Improvement for Income and Food Security in West Africa (YIIFSWA) project held its fourth annual progress review and planning meeting at the Golden Tulip Hotel, Kumasi, Ghana. Participants came from various collaborating partner institutions, including IITA, CSIR-CRI,…
An IITA project seeking to entice the educated youth to go into agriculture and agribusiness was established in Makueni County in Kenya, in collaboration with the University of Nairobi and Makueni County Government and officially launched on 10 March.…