IITA News no 2473 Archives

IITA joins world celebration of International Day of Women and Girls in Science

The International Day of Women and Girls in Science was celebrated globally on 11 February. The day offered a unique opportunity to remember the achievements of women and girls in science, but more importantly, it was an opportunity for the world to encourage more women and girls in science and to break the stereotypes that…

A field worker identifying the female parent plant before hand pollination.

Lessons from 21 years of breeding East Africa‘s popular cooking banana

As part of a review of a breeding program for the East Africa Highland Banana (EAHB) started by IITA and Uganda’s National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) in the mid-1990s, a team of scientists at IITA, NARO, and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) assessed the progress and efficiency of this breeding program in the…

IITA Director General, Dr Sanginga, inaugurates renovated facilities of Virology and Germplasm Health Units

The Virology and Germplasm Health Units (GHU) kicked off 2019 with renovated research labs. IITA Director General, Nteranya Sanginga, accompanied by members of the management team, Kenton Dashiell and Hilde Koper, inaugurated the upgraded facilities on 14 February. Dr Sanginga congratulated the team and said the new facilities add to the world-class research environment IITA…