In a targeted response to widespread misinformation about food security, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has concluded a comprehensive training program for 20 Nigerian media practitioners. The program demonstrated the critical role of bioscience and genebanks in preserving Africa’s agricultural heritage and securing its food future. Within IITA’s…
Radio IITA 88.5 is strengthening its outreach efforts in 2025 with a targeted maize training session held in Oyo State on April 17. In partnership with IITAโs maize improvement program, the session brought together local maize farmers for a full-day learning experience designed to boost productivity through improved agronomic practices.…
RadioIITA 88.5 recently hosted a successful farmers’ outreach event in collaboration with the maize improvement program. The event, held at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), aimed to equip local farmers with advanced agricultural knowledge and practices. It drew a significant number of eager participants looking to enhance their…
RadioIITA has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with several key media partners from Nigeria’s Eastern and Western regions, marking a significant step towards leveraging radio and communication to transform agriculture in Africa. In his opening remarks at the signing, the Deputy Director General Partnership and Delivery stated that…
Fostering a new era of agriculture, IITA, and its partners leverage technologies to enhance crop breeding efficiency, precision, and productivity; organized a 2-day training for breeders on the Enterprise Breeding System (EBS) at the instituteโs headquarters in Ibadan, Nigeria, to align users’ understanding of the EBS tool, streamline workflow, and…
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…
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 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…
