IITA’s Knowledge Café, a seminar series designed to foster dialogue, critical thinking, and innovative problem-solving among IITA stakeholders, recently turned its attention to a question at the heart of the Institute’s mandate: how much untapped value remains locked in crops that African farmers have grown for generations? The session…
Nigeria, the world’s largest producer and consumer of cowpeas, faces a paradox: despite its leading position, over 40 percent of cowpeas consumed in the country are imported. This is largely due to the crop’s vulnerability to infestations from insects such as pod borers, whiteflies, and various seed-sucking bugs. In response…
7 September 2023 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 7 September 2023 – The future of some of Africa’s most beloved staple crops, including important legumes, will be secured this week, following the signing of a Long-term Partnership Agreement between the Crop Trust and CGIAR Research Center, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA),…
