IITA scientists explain about the exciting new work in diagnostics using a combination of conventional biology, biotechnology, and bioinformatics.

An underutilized leguminous species has huge potentials for food security in Africa. Read about IITA’s ongoing research on African yam bean.

The average crop yield in sub-Saharan Africa is very low compared with other parts of the world. This article details a dynamic natural resource management approach being used to increase the yield of banana and coffee.

The perception of farmers in East Africa that cassava maintains soil fertility was confirmed in a study that looked at the roles and production constraints of cassava using model simulations.

A partner explains a strategic and innovative model for conserving existing genetic diversity in yam in the African yam belt through farmer exchanges and use.

Conserving the genetic resources of important African food crops is a huge responsibility, but Dominique Dumet enjoys the challenges and demands at work. See what she plans to do during this International Year of Biodiversity.

Robert Asiedu, IITA’s R4D director for West Africa and program director for agrobiodiversity and root and tuber systems programs, has been with IITA for 20 years now. Discover what inspires him at work.

The Deputy Undersecretary for Science at the Smithsonian Institution, Scott Miller, discusses the importance of biodiversity conservation and what the Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL) is doing in this area.

Ken Neethling, CEO of Biocontrol Products (BCP), the South African company that produces Green Muscle®, talks about this biocontrol solution to locusts and the challenges that BCP faces in producing it.

IITA is part of a system-wide network that protects agrobiodiversity for genetic improvement and food security using traditional and new molecular tools.