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Features, Issue 6 »
[14 Apr 2011 | One Comment | 2,633 views]
In Kanti Rawal’s footsteps

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.

Features, Issue 6 »
[13 Apr 2011 | No Comment | 2,329 views]
Why conserve germfree-germplasm?

Conserving clean genetic resources for agricultural sustainability and the preservation of diversity is imperative if we want to ensure global food security.

Features, Issue 5 »
[28 Sep 2010 | No Comment | 1,776 views]
To conserve or not to conserve?

IITA’s Genetic Resource Center has the biggest collection of cowpea accessions from 89 countries, mostly in Africa, and has distributed germplasm to research institutions in many parts of the world. What has been the impact of this work and at what cost? This study attempts to provide answers to this and other questions.

Issue 4, Specials »
[8 Apr 2010 | No Comment | 1,729 views]

As the world celebrates the International Year of Biodiversity, R4D Review interviews local conservationists to get their take on how to stem the loss of biodiversity.

Issue 4, Specials »
[8 Apr 2010 | 2 Comments | 2,297 views]

Butterfly expert Robert Warren explains why it is important to conduct a survey of butterflies in the IITA forest, one of the last remaining patches of protected areas in Nigeria.

Issue 4, Specials »
[8 Apr 2010 | 9 Comments | 4,625 views]

Nigeria’s forests are all but gone. David Ladipo, CEO of CENRAD, calls for immediate action.

Coverpage, Issue 4 »
[2 Apr 2010 | No Comment | 2,171 views]
Edition 4, March 2010

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?

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Frontiers, Issue 4 »
[31 Mar 2010 | 3 Comments | 3,607 views]
DNA barcodes for pathogens of African food crops

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

Issue 4, Looking In »
[31 Mar 2010 | No Comment | 1,700 views]
Scott Miller: Guardian of life

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.

Features, Issue 4 »
[31 Mar 2010 | 3 Comments | 4,338 views]
Biodiversity conservation is key

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