IITA news no. 2368 Archives

Picture of ACG Lawal and his team at GRC Lab.

IITA DG is doing great work in the Institute—ACG Lawal

During a visit to update management of the new changes in the Nigerian Immigration Service, Olaseni Lawal, the Zone ‘F’ Assistant Comptroller-General (ACG) commended DG Nteranya Sanginga for elevating IITA to an enviable standard.

Picture of IYA plantain/banana weaning section.

ATASP-1 intensifies production of planting materials at Onne station

The Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Programme, Phase 1 (ATASP-1) under its Cassava Outreach Program, has intensified large-scale production of planting materials at the newly revitalized IITA High Rainfall Station in Onne, Rivers State.

Picture of Tarawali showing the AGRA delegation around the premises.

AGRA Regional Head visits IITA-Abuja, explores areas of mutual collaboration

A 3-member delegation from the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), led by its West Africa Regional Head, Fadel Ndiame, visited IITA in Abuja on 23 February.

Picture of Chikoye explaining to Chief Kaputa (in a suit) about the different cassava varieties being tested at the IITA-SARAH campus.

Zambia traditional leader seeks IITA help to improve plight of people

The chief of an expansive district in the north of Zambia has sought the assistance of IITA to help improve the plight of his people through agriculture-based interventions.

Picture of Sabina Nyahuye - female wheat farmer.

SARD-SC beneficiary declared best female wheat farmer in Zimbabwe

When Sabina Nyahuye, a wheat farmer from the Hwedza Innovation Platform of the SARD-SC Wheat project, started wheat farming 20 years ago, she says wheat harvests and the market were just okay.

Picture of Teresa Augusto displaying her bread.

SEMEAR wins 3rd place at the international Feed the Future photo contest!

A photograph submitted by Ana Filipa Couvinhas, Communication Officer for the IITA-led Feed the Future Mozambique Improved Seeds for Better Agriculture Project also known in Portuguese as SEMEAR, won the third place in the latest edition of the Feed the Future photo contest.