In a significant stride towards enhancing agricultural sustainability, Prof. Chiedozie Egesi, a Senior Scientist at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and recently appointed Executive Director of the National Root Crop Research Institute (NRCRI), unveils plans for a groundbreaking crop breeding initiative. This initiative, part of the OneCGIAR-led project,…
The International House of International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) also known as I-House hosted some management staff, staff, and guests to a โMenu tastingโ event to sample their objective opinions following weeks of training of the entire staff of the unit to improve their culinary skills, food presentation, and…
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Sportsfest Green Team has organized a mini get-together event to celebrate its achievements of emerging overall winner in the just concluded annual Sports festival activities of the institute. Green Team which bagged 14 trophies and 30 medals, was declared the overall winner of…
IITA Business Incubation Platform (BIP) in partnership Futuristic Specifications (FUTSPEC) is harvesting youthful talents to solve Nigeriaโs economic problem with the launch of a new project, Scinovate, developed by FUTSPEC to engage, nurture, and showcase innovative ideas in science and technology and turn research developmental process into commercially viable consumables.…
The Alliance for Science (AFS) in conjunction with the Open Forum for Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB) Nigeria, Boyce Thomson Institute, and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), has organized a 3-day training for scientists and science communicators on Communicating Gene Editing in Abuja, Nigeria. The training, which started on 19…
IITA in collaboration with Enterprise inbreeding (EIB) and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) has launched the Enterprise Breeding System tool (EBS) to strengthen the capacity of maize breeders and research support staff in key elements of breeding excellence in data management. The launching comes after a…
Mozambique, 23 March 2022 โ Dajie Odok announced โBest Radio Reporterโ on the continent at the Open Forum for Agricultural Biotechnology, OFAB-Africa Media Awards 2021, themed โBringing Prosperity through Biotechnology.โ The announcement comes after Odok was named โBest Radio Reporter 2021โ in the radio category at the 5th edition of…
Ibadan, Nigeria, 15 March 2022 – The IITA Womenโs Group organized a scholarship award ceremony with the theme, โYouth Empowerment through Educationโ, to celebrate and recognize 12 children of staff who emerged winners of the 2021 scholarship award out of the 74 students who participated in the scholarship interview which…
International Women’s Day – Staff and pupils from the International School of the International Institute of tropical agriculture IITA joined the rest of the world to celebrate women on March 8, 2022, with a commemoration walk on campus from the institute’s wellness center to the conference center. The theme for…
The Director-General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA, Dr. Nteranya Sanginga, has been conferred the title of Aare Afurugbin Ola of the Source (Lead Sower of Wealth and Prosperity of the House Oduduwa) by the Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Enitan Adeyeye, Ojaja II at Ile…
