The Nigeria National Variety Release Committee released several improved maize varieties developed by IITA with partners, the Institute for Agricultural Research of the Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria and Institute of Agricultural Research and Training of Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile Ife, Nigeria.

IITA is partnering with the Agricultural Research Institute, Tanzania, and the National Agricultural Research Organisation, Uganda, to identify and use molecular markers for faster and more accurate breeding of cassava varieties resistant to Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD).

The debate continues: food or biodiversity conservation? Scientist Emeritus Peter Neuenschwander stresses that natural resources management offers the intellectual platform to integrate the different disciplines in a sustainable manner. He suggests ways in which the CGIAR and IITA can help meet the twin goals of conserving biodiversity while feeding the human population.

Baba Alphonse is a 60-year-old farmer from Ogoukpate Village, northern Benin. He all but abandoned cassava and maize farming were it not for IITA’s intervention.

Three decades of R4D at IITA have shown the effectiveness and sustainability of biological control combined with other approaches for managing insect pests. These biocontrol practices and technologies provide subsistence farmers in sub-Saharan Africa with solutions that are sometimes their only safety net.

Three decades of research and development at IITA have shown the continuing effectiveness and sustainability of biological control in combination with other approaches for managing insect pests.

An 81% increase in farmers’ incomes over the past 5 years from improved yields, better access to farm inputs, and social empowerment are the key results of the PROSAB project in northern Nigeria.

IITA is promoting greater access to R4D knowledge by making use of knowledge resource access, video-sharing, and online social networking services.

Drought-tolerant maize developed and disseminated by IITA, other international agricultural research centers, and national partners are helping farmers make a profit.

IITA scientists are a step closer to making a breakthrough in developing cassava that is resistant to both the cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) and the cassava mosaic disease (CMD) in Eastern and Central Africa.