Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Akin Adesina, talks about his strategy for a Green Revolution in Nigeria.

Nigeria has released four improved cassava varieties that would strengthen its lead in cassava production, increase farmers’ incomes, and guarantee food security.

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.

Olufunke Awosusi, Senior Plant Quarantine Officer with the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) discusses how NAQS tries to keep out “foreign” pests from Nigeria to protect and enhance the agricultural economy.

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

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

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.

Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) Vice President for Policy and Partnerships Akin Adesina, was at IITA recently to talk about how agriculture could transform Nigeria from a food-deficit to a food-exporting country again.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has called for more research on the tropical root crop cassava to help poor countries cope with rising food and oil prices. Cassava is a staple food for millions of poor people in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and Asia, providing as much as a third of daily calories.