Special bulletin: 7th Africa Agriculture Science Week (AASW) Archives

Kwesi Atta-Krah (left) leads panel discussion on sustainable productivity growth.

IITA plays active role at Africa Agriculture Science Week

From supporting the organization of the event both programmatically and financially, to organizing various parallel and side sessions and taking part in an exhibition together with other CGIAR centers, IITA was very active and visible at the recently concluded Africa Agriculture Science Week (AASW). The event was organized by the Forum for Agricultural Research in…

Picture of Women of ‘Tugurakire kitoki’ farmers group give a hearty welcome to visitors in their banana field. In its 10 years CIALCA has lifted 560,000 smallholder farmers out of poverty.

CIALCA marks a decade with over half a million farmers out of poverty

Over half a million smallholder farmers in the Great Lakes region of East and Central Africa have been lifted out of poverty. This is partly due to 10 years of research, capacity building, and networking activities of the Consortium for Improving Agriculture-based Livelihoods in Central Africa (CIALCA) that has seen over 25 innovative agricultural technologies…

Picture of Nteranya Sanginga (IITA) and Yemi Akinbamijo (FARA)share warm greetings.

Africa must develop its agribusiness for economic growth and social transformation–FARA Director

Let’s change the way we do business. Agriculture is beyond the farm gate and selling the raw produce which constitutes only 10% of business in agriculture. The profit is in the value chain,” says Yemi Akinbamijo, the Executive Director of the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA). He made these remarks at the 7th…

Picture of SARD-SC Communication Officer Interviewing a guest.

SARD-SC side event highlights contributions to food and nutrition security

In consonance with the theme of this year’s FARA event, Apply Science, Impact livelihoods, the SARD-SC project, funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB) held a side event on the topic, SARD-SC contributing to food and nutrition security in Africa. The purpose of the side event was to highlight the achievements of the project in…

Picture of Akinwumi Adesina receives the FARA award in recognition of his visionary leadership.

Adesina, AfDB president and IITA alumni, feted at FARA’s Science Week

Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), became the first laureate of the Forum for Agriculture Research in Africa (FARA) award for leadership in advancing the agriculture agenda in Africa. The award aimed at recognizing an individual who had made significant personal achievement in efforts towards creating a more food secure continent. Adesina…

Cassava innovation challenge: we need ideas

Do you have ideas about how to extend the shelf life of cassava? And making the cassava root last longer on the ground after harvest? Then send your entry here latest by Friday, 7 July 2016 and stand a chance to get up to $1 million in funds to upscale your idea. All the tips…