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

IITA maintains the biggest reference collection of insects in the CGIAR. Understand why such a collection holds a place of importance in agricultural research and development.

Nonplant taxa are global public goods that play a huge role in maintaining sustainable farming systems for food and agriculture.

The IITA headquarters in Ibadan, Nigeria sits on about 1,000 hectares of protected agricultural and forest land. Read about the rich variety of life that can be found in this small pocket of Africa.

IITA emphasizes the imperatives of yam conservation for improvement and the benefit of millions of farmers relying on this staple.

Conserving local varieties ensures a robust gene pool of important traits for crop improvement and helps guarantee food security.

Last August, the international community came together in Tanzania to establish a framework for combating the worst enemies of African banana in years—banana Xanthomonas wilt and banana bunchy top disease.

This commentary presents a comprehensive review of IITA’s past and present efforts, and future initiatives on biocontrol. It also forwards some insights on how biocontrol efforts could be more successful.

Biosystematics involves the study of the origin, distribution, biology, association, and evolutionary relationships of organisms. Learn why it is important in biocontrol.

This article describes the results of a study by IITA and partners on Tanzanian farmers’ understanding and perceptions of genetically modified crops.