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Edition 3, Features »
[14 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 1,195 views]

Why do relationships matter? Find out why in this brief explaining the importance of understanding crossing combinations in developing rice cultivars suitable for sub-Saharan Africa.

Best Practice, Edition 2, Features, Frontiers »
[14 Mar 2009 | One Comment | 1,625 views]
Developing genomic resources for banana

Information on the banana genome and molecular tools to map traits are lacking. IITA is mapping and characterizing new molecular markers for use in banana breeding and genetics.

Edition 2, Features »
[8 Mar 2009 | 2 Comments | 2,001 views]
Is hybrid rice the answer?

Guest contributor Glenn Gregorio of IRRI suggests that hybrid rice may help solve Africa’s rice woes. Find out how tropical hybrids fared under conditions in the IITA research farm in Ibadan, Nigeria.

Edition 2, Features »
[8 Mar 2009 | One Comment | 1,264 views]
CBSD: Enemy  number 1

First it was the cassava mealybug, then the cassava green mite that threatened the food security of more than 300 million in sub-Saharan Africa. Now, another threat to cassava is emerging.

Edition 2, Features »
[8 Mar 2009 | No Comment | 2,525 views]
Tackling the banana menace

IITA plant pathologists present an overview of an emerging menace in banana in West-Central and Southern Africa, and the findings from ongoing efforts to control the disease.

Edition 2, Features »
[8 Mar 2009 | 13 Comments | 2,608 views]
Biotech in Nigeria: The journey so far

As the debate over Nigeria’s biosafety bill gathers momentum, Atser Godwin chronicles efforts undertaken by the Government so far.

Edition 2, Features »
[8 Mar 2009 | 2 Comments | 4,959 views]
Growing cassava in cold Denmark

Kirsten Jørgensen and Birger Lindberg Møller describe their work on reducing the level of toxic cyanogenic glucosides in different parts of cassava, the tropical tuber that is a staple to millions in Africa.

Edition 1, Features »
[21 Sep 2008 | No Comment | 7,060 views]
Ticket out of poverty

Hartmann talks about how the current food crisis could be used as an opportunity to turn agriculture around to enhance food security, increase incomes, and improve the well being of millions of people in Africa.

Edition 1, Features »
[21 Sep 2008 | 2 Comments | 3,230 views]
30 years R4D in soybean: what’s next?

IITA has produced 17 high-yielding and disease- and pest-resistant varieties for planting in marginal areas in Africa and developed technologies for revitalizing soybean processing and marketing.

Edition 1, Features »
[21 Sep 2008 | 2 Comments | 1,670 views]
Transforming livelihoods in Borno State

Read about how IITA technologies help poor farmers in Borno State in northeastern Nigeria lead more productive lives.