IITA researchers have shown that investment in agricultural research is paying off: the generation and diffusion of modern maize varieties in the last three decades have lifted more than 1 million people in sub-Saharan Africa out of poverty in the last 10 years.

A study shows that agricultural research and development, improved weather, and policy reforms were the principal drivers of agricultural productivity in Africa after the mid-1980s.

IITA Molecular Biologist Morag Ferguson emphasizes that farmers’ seed systems are robust and resilient, and along with existing social networks, could effectively help restore diversity in disaster-affected communities.

A new study finds that increasing agricultural productivity through the application of fertilizers and use of improved crop husbandry could have reduced the rate of deforestation.

The Integrated Cassava Project, implemented in 2002–2010, successfully introduced more than 40 cassava varieties to Nigerian farmers, and facilitated the establishment of processing centers and fabricating enterprises.

Biological control programs implemented by IITA and partners on cassava green mite have brought benefits worth more than $1.7 billion to Nigeria, Bénin, and Ghana in the last 18 years.

Social science research is one of the major disciplinary areas supporting innovation processes at IITA for achieving a sustainable reduction in food security and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa.

IITA scientist Thomas Dubois did a SWOT analysis to determine what ingredients are needed for the banana tissue culture industry to succeed.

Kanti Rawal, former plant geneticist, traveled 38,000 km around Nigeria and Niger in the 1970s to collect wild and domesticated accessions of cowpea. The authors tell how they did the same almost 40 years later.

Virologist and GHU Head Lava Kumar walks us through the important work being undertaken to ensure the safe exchange of international public goods among a global network of institutions and entities.