Researchers have successfully mapped the genome of African cassava, using the TME 204 variety resistant to Cassava Mosaic Disease-2 (CMD2). This breakthrough is a significant milestone and it will...
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GIZ-funded project establishes 60 cassava commercial seed entrepreneurs to cushion the impact of COVID 19
Press Release 16 December 2021 The GIZ-funded Cassava & Maize Value Chain Project has established 60 cassava commercial seed entrepreneurs in Ogun and Oyo state as part of efforts to revamp the seeds...
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Bayer develops herbicides for cassava to tackle weeds and raise yields
Bayer has developed and launched a new crop protection product known as Lagon to help farmers tackle the problem of weeds in cassava and raise yield. Tested on more than 200 trials and demos across...
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GIZ – GIAE and IITA target job creation and increase in productivity of maize and cassava in Nigeria
The Green Innovation Centers for the Agriculture and Food Sector Program (GIAE) – Nigeria funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) implemented by Deutsche...
NASC trains 38 third party seed agents in Kogi and Benue
The National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC) has trained 38 third party seed certifying agents in Kogi and Benue States, as part of efforts to ensure the effective regulation of the seed industry...
Access to loans: CBN favours farmers using improved, disease-free cassava varieties for lending loans
Press Release For Immediate Release 26 November 2020 Access to loans: CBN favours farmers using improved, disease-free cassava varieties for lending loans The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says only...
IITA, PIND, NRCRI, sign MoU to promote Nigeria’s cassava seed system in the Niger Delta region
Ibadan, 16 November: The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) working in collaboration with the National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI) and the Foundation for Partnership...
IITA: Leveraging digital tools to scale cassava weed management recommendations to farmers
The various digital tools developed by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) to scale agronomic recommendations and help farmers improve productivity are currently changing the...
Father of Cassava, Dr. Dixon, proffers strategies on how researchers can disseminate agricultural innovations at scale
The Director of the Development and Delivery Office of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr. Alfred Dixon, has called for multiple linkages and collaborations for the...
Policymakers commend IITA for efforts on digital agriculture
Policymakers comprising commissioners of agriculture, permanent secretaries and program managers of Agricultural Development Programs (ADPs) in Nigeria have lauded efforts by the International...
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IITA-ACAI to train 30,000 farmers in Abia, Benue, Oyo, Osun and Ogun states
Press Release For Immediate Release 16 November 2019 About 30,000 farmers from Abia, Benue, Oyo, Ogun and Osun state will benefit from the training on the Six Steps to Cassava Weed Management & Best...
Obasanjo urges DR Congo to invest in agriculture to help Africa cut $50 billion food import bill
Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Tuesday evening called on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to invest in agriculture and particularly cassava, soybean, cowpea and plantain...
A double-digit investment in the agricultural sector is needed to transform agriculture, IITA’s Sanginga says
A double-digit investment in the agricultural sector backed by a vibrant rural infrastructural network will help states in Nigeria to accelerate the transformation of agriculture, says Dr Nteranya...
What Nigeria needs to worry about
… As Sultan of Sokoto called for more funding to research and extension Nigeria’s changing demography driven by rapid growth in population coupled with a stagnant and in some cases retrogressing...
Political will and joint efforts needed to reverse losses of N450bn in GDP due to malnutrition in Nigeria
…As HarvestPlus announces Nutritious Food Fair in Lagos Efforts to address malnutrition in Nigeria require both collective and political will, a coalition of nutrition advocates led by HarvestPlus...
North East: IITA and AfDB to help Taraba transform cassava in the framework of TAAT …Trains 60 extension agents
The international Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) says it plans to work closely with the Taraba State Government to transform cassava in the framework of the African Development Bank-funded...
Catholic Relief Services Enters Agreement to Bring Agricultural Innovations to Millions of Farmers
IITA, CIAT and CRS join forces to use research to transform farmers’ lives FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Contact: Tom Price Catholic Relief Services (410) 951-7450 tom.price@crs.org BALTIMORE, MD,...
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Nigeria’s Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, and two former presidents to discuss food security at IITA 50th anniversary celebration
…AfDB president to commission $700,000 building for youth Agripreneurs Nigeria’s Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, will on Monday speak on food security and Nigeria’s preparedness to diversify...
Nigerian Finance Minister wants IITA and govt to rollout youth agriculture program nationally
Ibadan, Nigeria – The Nigerian Minister of Finance, Honorable Kemi Adeosun, says the country will benefit by signing up for the African Development Bank funded ENABLE Youth (Empowering Novel...
At 50, IITA expands research investment with the inauguration of 205.5 ha research farm
Oshogbo— As the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) marks its 50th anniversary, the Institute today inaugurated a new research station in Ago-Owu in Osun state, Nigeria, as part of...