IITA News no. 2585 Archives

Incoming BoT member commends IITA’s work in upscaling research for impact

On 21 April, Professor Felix Kolawole Salako, Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), visited IITA to reacquaint himself with the Institute and find areas of collaboration between IITA and FUNAAB. Prof. Salako is an incoming member of the IITA Board of Trustees (BoT). Prof. Salako was a researcher at IITA from 1989 to 2000. “I am an…

IITA supports production of Tanzania’s national cassava development strategy

IITA-Tanzania has handed over to the Ministry of Agriculture 2000 copies of the National Cassava Development Strategy, a roadmap to guide cassava commercialization and industrialization initiatives in the country. IITA had offered to support the government in editing and printing the copies. The books were handed over to the Ministry at their headquarters in Dodoma…

Experts examine plant health from a One Health approach

Sustainably feeding the growing world population and safeguarding the environment we depend on for food requires a one-health approach. This assertion was the foundation of the fourth webinar in the CGIAR-organized International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) Webinar Series on 31 March. Plant health is critical in the one health approach to ensure food security,…

Peas ‘n’ Chips: Creating food security with African yam bean

The African yam bean (AYB), Sphenostylis stenocarpa, produces beans in pods above-ground and tubers beneath. This climate-resilient tuberous legume replenishes the soil through nitrogen fixation and is highly nutritious, with the protein-rich beans and the tuber as an energy source. AYB has a high amino-acid profile and alleviated malnourishment during the Nigerian civil war in…