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IITA makes headway in structure revitalizing effort; recruits new DDG-R4D and directors

IITA Director General Nteranya Sanginga, this week, in an update to the Board of Trustees and staff, announced the recruitment of three key staff in the Institute: May-Guri Saethre, the new Deputy Director General (Research for Development), who takes over Ylva Hillbur, who left IITA in February; Director of Research Support Tonny Omwansa, and Director of Delivery and Development Alfred Dixon.

US journal cites IITA as outstanding partner for progress

Foremost agricultural journal of American farmers—The Progressive Farmer—has said that IITA’s partnership with the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Soybean Value Chain Research (SIL) is providing the needed technical support to improve agriculture and address African nutritional needs. The innovation lab which is located at the University of Illinois also collaborates with researchers from…

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Group photo of the participants in Kano.

Sister projects come together for their beneficiaries

As the 2017 planting season in Nigeria draws to a close, stakeholders from two IITA projects being sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation came together in Kano to align plans and activities for their beneficiaries.

Picture of Women carriers. (Photo credits: Boryana Dzhambazova for International Herald Tribune)

Bearing Burdens: Carrier Women and creating opportunities for change in Bukavu, DRC

International Women’s Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women.  Yet, women worldwide continue to be over-represented in the informal sector, characterized by low skills and wages, poor rates of remuneration that disfavor women, and discrimination and violence against women. Women in Bukavu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, face significant challenges…

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