𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐈𝐈𝐓𝐀’𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬

As the impacts of climate change, food insecurity, and conflict continue to intensify in Africa, plunging parts of the continent into a severe and enduring food crisis, African leaders, organizations, and global partners have continued to work in response to the increasing food and nutrition challenge of the continent. In…

𝐔𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚’𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐬

On June 16th, the world annually celebrates International Day for the African Child. This momentous day serves as a reminder of the unique challenges faced by children across the African continent and an opportunity to recognize their resilience, celebrate their achievements, and advocate for their rights. IITA, in unification with…

𝐍𝐀𝐐𝐒 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐈𝐓𝐀 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚

Management of Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service, NAQS, expanding thethe base of its workforce identified IITA as a resource base for building theknowledge and surveillance capacity of its newly recruited staff. NAQS led aone-hundred-member team of newly recruited staff to be trained by IITA GHU on17 April as part of a…

𝐈𝐈𝐓𝐀 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝

The Managers Staff Association, MSA of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture IITA paid a visit to the Rehabilitation Center for the Disabled at Moniya, Ibadan, Nigeria, on 14 Dec. 2022, to distribute some food items in celebration of the Christmas festivity as part of their activities to mark the…

𝐈𝐈𝐓𝐀 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤!

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) reignited its annual open-day ceremony on 26 November 2022; it was last held in 2017. The ceremony commemorated the sending-off of the Director General of the Institute, Dr. Nteranya Sanginga, who has been steering the leadership wheel of the Institute since 2011. The…

𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝-𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬

IITA Senior Scientist, and the newly appointed Executive Director of the National Root Crop Research Institute (NRCRI), Prof. Chiedozie Egesi, says plans are underway to ensure farmers get more nutritious and resilient crops of the RTB varieties through a proposal for the new OneCGIAR-led crop breeding project. Egesi, who also…