Biodiversity and NRM
Biodiversity conservation is key
Insect biodiversity for NRM
Why manage noncrop biodiversity
A research park for Africa
Unlocking the diversity of yam
Cassava: improver of soils
Participatory yam conservation strategies
Smart NRM approaches
DNA barcodes for pathogens
A new food security crop?
The debate continues: food or biodiversity conservation? Scientist Emeritus Peter Neuenschwander stresses that natural resources management offers the intellectual platform to integrate the different disciplines in a sustainable manner. He suggests ways in which the CGIAR and IITA can help meet the twin goals of conserving biodiversity while feeding the human population.
IITA and partners will host the 5th World Cowpea Research Conference in Dakar, Senegal from 27 September to 1 October 2010. The meeting will tackle research issues to enhance the profile of cowpea as a viable income-generating and food security crop.
The European Union-African, Caribbean and Pacific Science and Technology Program will support research to improve and promote yam in West and Central Africa. The program will benefit six WCA countries: Cameroon, Bénin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, and Togo.
The Nigeria National Variety Release Committee released several improved maize varieties developed by IITA with partners, the Institute for Agricultural Research of the Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria and Institute of Agricultural Research and Training of Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile Ife, Nigeria.
IITA is partnering with the Agricultural Research Institute, Tanzania, and the National Agricultural Research Organisation, Uganda, to identify and use molecular markers for faster and more accurate breeding of cassava varieties resistant to Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD).
An 81% increase in farmers’ incomes over the past 5 years from improved yields, better access to farm inputs, and social empowerment are the key results of the PROSAB project in northern Nigeria.
IITA is promoting greater access to R4D knowledge by making use of knowledge resource access, video-sharing, and online social networking services.
A new soybean variety that is resistant to the deadly Asian soybean rust—a fungal disease that could wipe out as much as 80% of infested crops—has been released.
Drought-tolerant maize developed and disseminated by IITA, other international agricultural research centers, and national partners are helping farmers make a profit.
IITA scientists are a step closer to making a breakthrough in developing cassava that is resistant to both the cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) and the cassava mosaic disease (CMD) in Eastern and Central Africa.
IITA and partners developed a tuber-less yam propagation technique using vine cuttings, making more yam available for food or for sale.