𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞: 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐈𝐈𝐓𝐀’𝐬 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬

Radio IITA, broadcasting at 88.5FM, serves as a beacon of agricultural enlightenment in the bustling city of Ibadan, Nigeria. Recently, the station embarked on a transformative three-day survey outreach, venturing through the diverse landscapes of Ibadan to forge direct connections with farmers and listeners, thereby amplifying its impact on agricultural…

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…

𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

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…